London-1690 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19668

Map Date:

1690

Repository reference:

BLML K.Top. 20.27

Town name:

Axminster, 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:

'...Actual survey of London, Westminster & Southwark...'

Comments on map:

Dedication is by Morden, Lea and Browne.

Scale:

1:3960

Map-maker:

I. Harris [dr, eng], R. Morden, Philip Lea, Atlas & Hercules, Cheapside, & Christopher Browne, Globe, west end of St Pauls, London [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

99.0 x 59.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Notable buildings pictorial, though rather minaturised.

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs

Sanitary and utility information:

conduits, water works: [Waterworks is New River Head].

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only: St Pauls pictorial with dome.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, central government: Various government offices conveniently tabulated.

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, pest houses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges: [Physicians college].

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, Ward

Known copies of map:

DH42: Pepys Lib, Magdalen Coll, Camb [DH42(1)]; BL K.4.Tab.17, BLML K.Top.20.27, CUL Maps.aa.71.70.1, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Westminster Archives Ashbridge 61 [1700: DH42(2)]; GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Kensington Pub Lib [1710: DH42(3)]; BLML K.Top.20.28, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [Covens & Mortier, 1725.c: DH42(4)]; GL [1765.c: DH42(5)].

Industry:

textiles: Inferred from tenters.

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Waterbodies:

shown, ducking ponds

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Commons:

shown

Monuments:

columns, Monuments, (pictorial): [Columns in Covent Garden and elsewhere].

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Horse ferries, boats and shipping in river.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Ferries:

ferry

Dedicee of map:

Lord Mayor & Court of Aldermen.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

out-of-town inns only

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