London-1720 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18675

Map Date:

1720

Repository reference:

BLML Maps *3480 (42)

Town name:

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 new and exact plan of the city of London and suburbs thereof, with the addition of the new buildings, churches &c to the present year 1720.'

Comments on map:

Very similar to Exeter 18674, with extensive alpha-numeric reference to streets, livery halls, etc, etc, and information on hackney carriage and water fares. City of London with stipple infill, rest hatched.

Scale:

1:6336

Map-maker:

Hen. Overton [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

145.5 x 57.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

Buildings

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Public buildings, royal palaces, &c, shown pictorially.

Mills:

windmills

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs, wharfs: Numerous; named.

Sanitary and utility information:

water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively, (pictorial)

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

volunteer parade grounds

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds, bear-baiting

Woodland:

orchards

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, Ward: [Wards in city, parishes elsewhere].

Known copies of map:

DH64: BLML Maps 3480(42), London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1720: DH64(1)]; PC [1724: DH64(2)]; BLML Maps 3480(45) [1730: DH64(3)]; BLML Maps 3480(310) [1731: DH64(4)]; BLML Maps 45.f.5(19), GL [1739: DH64(5)].

Industry:

textiles, timber: [Cloth Tenters].

Gardens:

shown

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Commons:

shown

Reference system:

squaring

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Ld Maiors Dogg house.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [City of London: noted as engraved by Sutton Nicholls].

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