London-1680
CBTM:
19517
Map Date:
? 1680
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3480 (2)
Town name:
Abertillery, 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:
'A mapp of the cityes of London & Westminster & burrough of Southwark with their suburbs as it is now rebuilt since the late dreadfull fire'.
Comments on map:
Scale of 'English Paces 1000 in a Mile' gives about 4.3 inches to 1 mile. The close detail of the built-up area looks like an attempt to dispense with generalisation from the apparent Ogilby-&-Morgan parent.
Scale:
1:14,080
Map-maker:
John Oliver [author], John Seller, Hermitage, Wapping [pb, sell], John Hill, Exchange Alley, London [sell].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
57.8 x 44.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
river stairs: Named. Extensive shipping below London Bridge; only a few rowing boats above.
Places of Worship:
principal Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
bear-baiting
Woodland:
orchards
Known copies of map:
Darlington & Howgego no.31: BLML Maps 3480(2) [Exeter 19517], Maps 39.f.5(27); BOL Ash [Sutherland coll] Lar. vol. IV (Topographical), Gough Maps 21 Fol 8; GL [DH31(1)]; BLML Maps 3480 (325), BOL Gough Maps 21 Fol 8 [Exeter 22195], Gough Maps 46, Fol 4, Soc. Antiqs, Westminster Archives L.13(1726) [1690c, pub Lea: DH31(2)]; BLML Maps 3480(39), K.Top.20.26, Westminster Archives Ashbridge 61 [1726, pub John Bowles: DH31(2a): west half only]; Lambeth-Minet 2/c.1680/MF, RGS Eng & Wales S.445, Tower Hamlets maps 1746, 1746a [Guildhall Lib, 1974, DH31.i]; GL [1728.c, Bowles: DH31(3)].
Gardens:
shown
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top left, on either side of reference: two figures, with sword and mace; bottom right: ?Neptune, with vessel spouting fish, and cliff and ship in background.
Symbolic elements:
Mercury, putti, globes, maps and spears, around the city arms, which are inconspicuous on his shield.
Crosses:
cross, (pictorial): [Charing Cross].
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [Both separately with motto and supporters, and on Mercury's shield].
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
Skeleton survey
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