London-1710 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22698

Map Date:

? 1710

Repository reference:

Ashmolean Museum, Sutherland Collection, C.I, 387.

Town name:

Blakeney, 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:

'Londen,' 'Westminster u: Soudwark.' [split across two banners].

Comments on map:

Descriptions to left and right, in German, reference to numbers of buildings &c pasted on on right, mostly in English, as is text on map. Evident derivative from Ogilby & Morgan.

Scale:

1:23,760

Map-maker:

G. Bodenehr [dr, eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

38.0 x 15.5 [map: 69.9 x 16.0 overall with reference].

Number of parts:

1

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Very light stipple, so the buildings don't stand out from the gardens.

Mills:

watermills

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs, wharfs

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial): Most in city by symbol only.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, drill halls, town walls, misc.: Victualling Office.

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, pest houses, workhouses

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

Darlington & Howgego's no.57: is later edition of DH 45. BOL Ash [Sutherland coll] C.I, part 6 [dates it 1685], London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [DH57].

Industry:

ship yards, misc: Mint.

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Two banners.

Monuments:

Monuments

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Lord Majors Dogghouse.

Ferries:

ferry

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