London-1700
CBTM:
19669
Map Date:
? 1700
Repository reference:
BLML K.Top. 20.31a-b
Town name:
Aylesbury, 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, Westminster & Southwark'.
Scale:
1:5280*
Map-maker:
Robert Morden, Atlas, Cornhill, & Philip Lea, Atlas & Hercules, Fleet St [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
124 x 40
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised: Notable buildings pictorial.
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial)
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial): St Pauls very large, with dome.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, Ward
Known copies of map:
DH50: RGS (photocopy); Bishopsgate Institute FFL.18, BL [2 sheets only] [DH50(1)]; BLML K.Top.20.31a, BOL Gough Maps London 17, GL [Lea & Glynne, 1716.c: DH50(2)]; BLML K.Top.20.31.b [1720.c: DH50(3)]; BL, GL [1725.c: DH50(4)].
Industry:
textiles, timber: [Tenters].
Gardens:
shown
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground: Numerous deer in Hyde Park & St James Park.
Service and professional:
Inns of Court
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls: [Numerous].
Commons:
shown
Monuments:
columns, statues: [Column in Covent Garden, minature equestrian statue at Charing Cross].
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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