London-1739 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18684

Map Date:

1739

Repository reference:

BLML Maps *3480 (398)

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

Comments on map:

Information on coachmens' and watermens' rates. Rather a scruffy map, and the BLML's is a scruffy copy.

Scale:

1:15,840*

Map-maker:

George Foster, White Horse opposite North Gate, St Pauls Churchyard, London [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

48.8 x 24.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

important buildings only, royal palaces

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Pictorial public buildings.

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs: Named.

Sanitary and utility information:

water works

Places of Worship:

(pictorial), Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

central government, town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

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

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

orchards, scattered tree cover

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, Ward: [Wards in City, parishes elsewhere].

Known copies of map:

DH83: CUL Maps.bb.17.G.124, PC [1737: DH83(0)]; British Library Maps 3480(398), London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1739: DH83(1)]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [DH83(1)]; British Library Maps 27.a.47, Bodleian Library Gough Maps 21 Fol 20B [printed on silk], London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [Sayer, 1756: DH83(2)]; BL, GL [1760: DH83(3)]; Bodleian Library, GL [1770: DH83(4)].

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

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