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City of London-London: Farringdon Ward Without-1772

CBTM:
18378
Map Date:
[1772]
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 203.ee.22
Historic county:
City of London
Town name:
London: Farringdon Ward Without
Map type:
Ward
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
TQ315814
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3281
Map title:
'Faringdon Ward Without, with its Division into parishes, from a late Survey'.
Comments on map:
Recorded from John Noorthouck, A new history of London, London: Baldwin, 1773, f.p. 639. Ralph Hyde attributes the engraving to Thomas Bowen, on the grounds of similarity to the Queenhithe and Vintry map [Exeter 18382].
Scale:
1:7920*
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
22.3 x 16.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
important roads only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some public buildings pictorial.
Water transport infrastructure:
river stairs
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, Ward
Known copies of map:
Ralph Hyde's ward map catalogue, no.80. BL PP 5437 [London Magazine, vol 41, 7:72 [HW80(1)]]; Noorthouck 1772/3 (fp 639) [HW80(2)]: BL 1786.d.3, maps Ref P.3 [3 plates missing], G.3483*, 190.b.17 [1 pl misg], BLML Maps 203.ee.22 [John Noorthouck, A new history of London including Westminster & Southwark (London: Baldwin 1773) [original]; [1999: Ralph Hyde, Ward maps of the City of London, London Topographical Society, 1999] [HW80].
Service and professional:
Inns of Court
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Temple Walks, Exchequer Walk.
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Smith Field, with palings (?), Temple Barr [pictorial], The Fleet.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
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