London-1705
CBTM:
22640
Map Date:
1705
Repository reference:
CUL Maps.FR.y.5
Town name:
Birmingham: Edgbaston, 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:
'Plan des villes de Londres et de Westminster et de leurs faubourgs avec le bourg de Southwark. Par de Fer avec prus. de Roy. 1705.'
Comments on map:
Scale of 1 inch to 290 English paces, 1:17,400. Very little text on map face: everything is identified by numbers, with text in French.
Scale:
1:17,400
Map-maker:
de Fer [author], C. Inselin [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
34.0 x 22.7
Number of parts:
1
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Water transport infrastructure:
quays, river stairs
Places of Worship:
cathedral/principal church only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, volunteer parade grounds, town walls: [Gates named].
Markets and exchanges:
markets, (pictorial): [Pictorial building in Newgate market].
Known copies of map:
Darlington & Howgego's no.44: GL [DH44(1)]; London Museum [DH44(1)]; CUL Maps.FR.y.5, Westminster Archives Box 65, no.25 ['1706': DH44(2?)].
Gardens:
shown: [Scattered areas].
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
Inns of Court
Monuments:
Monuments: ['Piramide': the Monument].
Crosses:
cross, named: [la Croix de Charing].
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
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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