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London-1731

CBTM:
22849
Map Date:
1731
Repository reference:
Westminster Archives Ashbridge 061 [acc.1787]
Town name:
Blandford, 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 London, Westminster and Southwark. With ye new buildings to ye year 1731.'
Comments on map:
This is a similar down-market job to Exeter 22850; tables of hackney coach rates, top right and right, and of watermen's rates, bottom centre.
Scale:
1:14,080*
Map-maker:
R.W. Seale [eng], H. Overton & J. Hoole, White Horse without Newgate [pr, sell].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
51.7 x 26.8
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial)
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, river stairs, wharfs
Sanitary and utility information:
conduits, water works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Public buildings:
misc: Ld Mayrs. Banqueting House.
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, drill halls, town walls, (pictorial)
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
Darlington & Howgego's no.75: Westminster Archives Ashbridge 61; Westminster Archives Map cabt A, 044 [DH75(1)?]; Bib.Nat. [DH75(1)]; GL [1733, prob difft plate: DH75(1a)]; GL [1736: DH75(2)]; GL [1739, difft pl fr 1 & 1a: DH75(2a)]; GL [1741, new plate: DH75(3)]; GL [1755, plate as 1: DH76(4)].
Industry:
food/drink, textiles, timber: [Tenters suggest cloth-making].
Gardens:
shown
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
Inns of Court
Waterbodies:
shown
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Ld Mayors Dogg H.
Ferries:
ferry
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
pounds/pinfolds
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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