London-1727 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22206

Map Date:

1727

Repository reference:

BOL Gough Maps London 21

Town name:

Beckingham, 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. & Southwark. with the addition of the new buildings to this present year 1727.'

Scale:

1:10,000*

Map-maker:

Tho. Bowles [eng], John Bowles, Print and Mapseller, Mercers Head, Cheapside, London [sell].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

56.2 x 36.7 [map; plate 57.0 x 37.0].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only, royal palaces

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Public buildings pictorial: quite a number not named.

Mills:

(pictorial), windmills

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs, wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

misc, conduits: [Lambs Conduit], New River Head.

Places of Worship:

(pictorial), Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

central government, Parliament

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

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

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, mental, workhouses

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [City of London].

Known copies of map:

Darlington & Howegego no.72: [British Library Maps 3480(354): missing 12:12:01], London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1725: DH72(1)]; Bodleian Library Gough Maps London 21, GL [1727: DH72(2)].

Industry:

misc, food/drink, textiles, timber: [Tenters]; Gun Founders.

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

symbolic/non-realistic: Title bottom centre; 'scroll' for publisher, bottom left. Thistle, sword and mace: at top of cartouche.

Symbolic elements:

Thistle, sword and mace: at top of cartouche.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [City of London: at bottom of cartouche].

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

out-of-town inns only

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