London-1727 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18678

Map Date:

1727

Repository reference:

BLML Maps *3480 (482)

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:

'Plan de la ville de Londres et de Westminster avec le bourg de Soutwark leurs faubourgs et leurs environs'.

Comments on map:

Text wholly in French, including 'translated' names: 'Marche de la salle au plomb' [Leadenhall Market], e.g. Scales is 5.55 cm to 2400 'toises ou stades'. 'A Paris chez Danet sur le Pont Notre Dame a la Sphere Royall'.

Scale:

1:12,672

Map-maker:

Danet, Pont Notre Dame a la Sphere Royall, Paris [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

63.0 x 47.0 [engraved right up to the edge of the plate, unlike usual British practice].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

important roads only

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs: Named ('degres').

Defence and military:

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

Known copies of map:

DH73: BLML Maps 3480(482), BOL Ash [Sutherland coll] B.II, part XIII, CUL Maps.c.17.G.17, GL.

Industry:

textiles: [Pictorial tenters].

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom left the Monument, bottom right St Mary le Bow, both with statistics as to height.

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