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London-1735

CBTM:
23237
Map Date:
1735
Repository reference:
Guildhall Library, La. Pr. gp. 3, k123923x
Town name:
Bognor, 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 city's of London and Westminster the borough of Southwark and the additional new buildings churches &c to the present year 1735...'
Comments on map:
Ambitious but rather scruffy. Table of street names at bottom of map; above are a description of London, and notes on water and hackney fares.
Scale:
1:5280
Map-maker:
George Willdey, Great Toy and Print Shop, Corner of St Pauls Churchyard next Ludgate Street, London [pr, sell].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
116.5 x 80.7 [four map plates, plus two more for index].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
Reference system
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only, royal palaces
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some public, etc, buildings pictorial.
Mills:
(pictorial), watermills, windmills
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, river stairs
Sanitary and utility information:
conduits, water works: New River Head.
Places of Worship:
(pictorial), Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
central government, customs
Defence and military:
(pictorial), castles/forts/batteries, drill halls, town gates, town walls
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, Ward: [Wards in city, parishes elsewhere].
Known copies of map:
Darlington & Howgego's no.69a: GL Pr.Gp.3 k1269477 [DH69a].
Industry:
textiles, timber: [Pictorial tenters].
Gardens:
shown
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
Inns of Court
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Reference system:
squaring: About 2.0-inch.
Crosses:
cross, named: [Charing Cross].
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Ld Majors Dogg House [sic].
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Undersized pictorial vessels in lower part of river.
Cemeteries:
shown
Business & commercial:
African House
Tenement boundaries group:
generalised/schematic
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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