City of London-London: Farringdon Within-1720 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19395

Map Date:

[1720]

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] Library

Historic county:

City of London

Town name:

London: Farringdon Within, Baynards Castle

Map type:

Ward

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ318811

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

*

Map title:

'The wards of Farington Within and Baynards Castle, with its division into parishes, taken from the last survey, with corrections.'; second cartouche bottom right without title.

Comments on map:

In: John Stow, revised John Strype, A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, and the borough of Southwark, 6th edition, London: Innys, etc, 2 vols, 1754-5, Vol I (1754), f.p. 623.

Scale:

1:2304

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

35.3 x 30.1

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some pictorial.

Water transport infrastructure:

wharfs: [Named wharfs etc with boats moored: almost all pictorial].

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial): Includes St Pauls cathedral, which protrudes into buildings shown in plan to north.

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses: [Christs Hospital].

Markets and exchanges:

markets, (pictorial): [Newgate market].

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, Ward

Known copies of map:

Ralph Hyde's ward map catalogue, no. 73(2). Strype 1720 (I, bk 3, fp 124) [HW73(1)]; Strype 1754-5 (I, fp 623) [HW73(2)]. [In book form:] BL 1791.d.5, HLL 942.1 [1720]; BL 189.F.10, BOL E 10.31, Douce S.Subt 45, 46, TNA [PRO] Library [open access] [1754-5, ed 6].

Industry:

paper/print: [Kings Printing House].

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls

Service and professional:

Inns of Court: [Doctors Commons].

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Symbolic elements:

Grotesque face above title cartouche, top right, with flower at bottom; ?apple at bottom of blank cartouche.

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

The Bagnio.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown