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London-1723

CBTM:
19519
Map Date:
1723
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3480 (43)
Town name:
Abingdon, 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 mapp of the City of London &c with the many additionall buildings and new streets Anno 1723, in a playne.'
Comments on map:
Includes extensive notes as to hackney coach and 'oars' (watermens) rates.
Scale:
1:7128
Map-maker:
Thomas Taylor, Golden Lion, Fleet St [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
125.0 x 57.5 [two plates].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Water transport infrastructure:
river stairs: Named.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Ward, misc: [City of London], Inns of Court.
Known copies of map:
DH62: GL, Westminster Archives Ashbridge-Basement-Ex.O.S. [DH62(1)]; BL [1720: DH62(2)]; BLML Maps 3480(43) [1723: DH62(3)]; Stepney [1745: DH62(4)].
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
Inns of Court
Waterbodies:
shown
Reference system:
squaring
Crosses:
CP
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Modest shipping and boats in river.
Arms and heraldry:
livery companies, municipal: [Livery companies].
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
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