Deptford-1843 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18489

Map Date:

1.11.1843

Repository reference:

[University of Exeter collection]

Town name:

Deptford, Greenwich, Stepney, Marylebone, London, Westminster, Southwark

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ320811

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

'London'.

Comments on map:

For Maps of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Vol II, London: Chapman & Hall, 1844, as maps 185 and 186 (in fact a single map on a single plate). Similar to the 1835 map [Exeter 18476], but a completely new engraving: 'drawn & engraved from authentic documents and personal observation' by Davies.

Scale:

1:19,800

Map-maker:

B.R. Davies, 16 George St, Euston Square [dr, eng] Chapman & Hall, 186 Strand, for Society for Diffusion of Useful Knowledge [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

64.1 x 38.8

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

other, land-use, water: Parks; Thames Tunnel.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, naval dockyards, river stairs: [Numerous named docks and stairs; Royal Dockyard [Deptford] with store houses and victualling office].

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established predominates: Often in built-up part as unnamed emphasised buildings.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, workhouses

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

DH.385. CUL Atlas.4.84.24-, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Camden 85.23 1843, Lambeth-Minet 2/[1844]/MF (AP 859) [1843: DH385(1)]; Bodleian Library 2027.b.37, GL, Southwark Library Map Cabt 2, Map 397 [1846: DH385(2)]; GL, Kensington Library [1848: DH385(2a)]; GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1852 (Davies/Knight): DH385(add.1)]; British Library Maps 3480(25), London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Lambeth-Minet 2/1853/M326 (AP 617) [1853 (Davies/Cox): DH385(add.2)]; British Library Maps 40.e.20, Bodleian Library 2027 b.49, GL [1856, in Stanford, Family Atlas, 1857: DH385(add.3)]; British Library Maps 3485(11), [? 3485(13), Maps 2.aa.85], Bodleian Library C17:70 London (97), CUL Maps.71.85.3, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Camden Map File, RGS Eng & Wales S/S 89 [also S/S 90, S/S 91] [1856, Postal divisions: DH385(add.4)]; GL [1856, postal: DH385(add.5)]; British Library Maps 3480(143), Tower Hamlets library map 439 [1856, with guide: DH385(add.6)]; Bib Nat [1858: DH385(3)]; GL [1860: DH385(4)]; British Library Maps 38.e.13 [1859, pll 185-6 in Stanford's Complete Atlas: DH385(add.8): BL copy is dated 1859, in 1860 issue atlas]; British Library Maps 40.e.21 [1860: in Family Atlas: not checked]; GL [1860, in Stanford's Complete London Guide: DH385(add.9)]; Bodleian Library G.A.London 8o 90 [1860: in Stanford's New London Guide]; BL, RGS [1860, in Commercial & Family atlases: DH385(add.10)]; British Library 10358.b.48, GL [1862: Londres (Hachette): in Elisee Reclus, Londres illustre guide special pour l'exposition de 1862: DH385(add.11)]; ?Bodleian Library C17:70 London (4) [1862: Stanford: postal sub-divisions]; British Library Maps 40.e.22, RGS 9.H.5 [1863, Family Atlas: DH385(add.12)]; British Library Maps 41.E.1 [1865, Family Atlas: DH385(add.13)]; British Library Maps 41.e.2 [1870, Family Atlas: DH385(add.14)]; [1871/2, Family Atlas: DH385(add.15)]; British Library Maps 41.e.3, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1872, Family Atlas: DH385(add.16)]; British Library Maps 41.e.4 [1875, Family Atlas: DH385(add.17)]; BL [1876, in Letts Atlas: DH385(add.18)]; GL [1880.c, pub Letts: DH385(5)]; BL [1881, Lett's Popular Atlas: DH385(add.19)]; RGS [1883: DH385(add.19a)]; CUL Maps.c.71.88.3 ['1881.c'], GL [1884.c, Letts map (Lett's waistcoat pocket map of L): DH385(add.20)]; PC [1887, Letts map: DH385(add.21)]; RGS [1889, Letts Popular Atlas: DH385(add.22)]; - [1992, fac of (1) pub Old House Books, Moretonhampstead, as Street Map of London 1843].

Industry:

misc, bricks/tiles, chemicals, food/drink, glass, lime/cement, metallurgical processing, rope walk, ship yards, textiles: Pearl Ash Works, Cable Manufactory, Laundry.

Railways:

named, passenger stations, routes

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

etc, museums, theatres

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground, public parks

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Waterbodies:

shown

Commons:

shown

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Includes Thames tunnel, Hungerford suspension bridge.

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown, tea-gardens

Other land-uses & land-cover:

marsh/wetland

Stated measuerments:

other: Note as to being 7 feet below high water.

Ordnance Survey's

1868-1876

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1894-7

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1848-51

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

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