London-1724 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18677

Map Date:

1724

Repository reference:

BLML Maps *3480 (301)

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 cities of London & Westminster, and the borough of Southwark with all ye additional new buildings to ye present year 1724...'

Comments on map:

Includes reference to churches, livery halls and similar buildings, and lesser streets, with the note 'NB the 2 laft churches in this table being but lately consecrated they could not be inserted in their propper order in the Alphabet'. At bottom of map are a description of London and water and hackney fare information.

Scale:

1:6336

Map-maker:

F. Smith [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

96.6 x 58.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

other: Line indicating extent of City in Queen Elizabeth's time.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs, wharfs: Numerous; named.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

Parliament

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, volunteer parade grounds, town walls, (pictorial)

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, Ward, misc: [Wards in city, parishes elsewhere]; extent of Elizabethan city.

Known copies of map:

DH71: BLML Maps 3480(301), GL [1724: DH71(1)]; BL K.191.g.13, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Westminster Archives Ashbridge Box 1, Map Cabinet C [1725: DH71(2)]; CUL Maps.bb.71.72.1, GL [DH71(3): worn].

Industry:

timber

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Antiquities:

Extent of City of London in Queen Elizabeth's time, shown by dot-dash line.

Waterbodies:

shown, ducking ponds

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Commons:

shown

Reference system:

squaring

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