London-1723 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23236

Map Date:

1723

Repository reference:

Guildhall Library, Pr. Gp. 3, k1269477

Town name:

Bodmin, 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 pocket map of the Citties of London & Westminster and the suburbs thereof being a new & exact plan with additions of the new buildings churches &c. to this present year 1723'.

Comments on map:

This copy cropped to neatline: no responsibility statements. [Darlington and Howgego say is published by Thomas Bowles.] Notes on hackney coaches and watermens' fares at bottom of map.

Scale:

1:13,333*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

41.2 x 27.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Public buildings and named houses pictorial: not all buildings named.

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs, wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

conduits: [Conduit heads, Spring Watr House].

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

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

Welfare and charitable:

mental

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

Darlington & Howgego's no.H69a: GL Pr.Gp.3 k1269477 [DH69a].

Industry:

textiles, timber: [Tenters show pictorially].

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Waterbodies:

shown

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Pictorial shipping in river.

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

Skeleton survey