City of London-London: St Michael le Querne-1853
CBTM:
13805
Map Date:
1853
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3495 (4), GHL M.411/MIC
Historic county:
City of London
Town name:
London: St Michael le Querne
Map type:
Parish
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
TQ321812
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3281
Comments on map:
The map includes a potted history of the parish, and is said to be made pursuant to an order of the vestry, 12 Dec 1852. 'Surveyed and delineated A.D. 1853'. Rector and churchwardens named.
Scale:
1:288
Map-maker:
Messrs Richard Tress & Chambers, Archts [sv], King, 63 Queen St, Cheapside [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
90.0 x 59.3
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, decorative
Road names:
generally
Building names:
house numbers
Buildings:
shown
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Adjoining parish church partly shown in plan.
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 3495(4), GHL M.411/MIC [two copies, one with margins noticeably cropped].
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
The map is decorated with three views with hand-coloured tinted ground: the church in 1585; a 'pannier' with figure of a nude boy, marking highest point in the City; and 'Birds eye view of the parish. Taken from the Upper Gallery of St Pauls Cathedral.' The last is spectacular, though there are no figures or traffic.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
You can download the pdf version of this map
here