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City of London-London: Farringdon Without-1720

CBTM:
19397
Map Date:
[1720]
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] Library
Historic county:
City of London
Town name:
London: Farringdon Without
Map type:
Ward
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
TQ315814
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
*
Map title:
'Farrington Ward without, with its division into parishes, taken from the last survey with corrections & amendmts.'
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. 711.
Scale:
1:3600
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
35.0 x 29.3
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
other: 'Note that the places, like courts, and not figured, are merchants houfes, taverns, or places of very fmall account.'
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some public &c buildings pictorial.
Water transport infrastructure:
river stairs: Boats moored at stairs.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town walls
Markets and exchanges:
markets: With Sheep Penns at Smithfield.
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, Ward
Known copies of map:
Ralph Hyde's ward map catalogue, no. 78(2). Strype 1720 (I, bk 3, fp 230) [HW78(1)]; Strype 1754-5 (I, fp 711) [HW78(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]; [loose]: Camden 85.245 1720 [1720], Camden 85.245 1755 [1755].
Gardens:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Two: an empty one to left of title one.
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