London-1740 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23245

Map Date:

? 1740

Repository reference:

Guildhall Library, A.3.1 no.30 t3449723

Town name:

Bonhill, 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 plan of the cities of London and Westminster with the borough of Southwark.'

Comments on map:

F.t.p. of George Reeves, A new history of London..., London: Kearsley, etc, 1764: however, '1740' is pencilled under the map, and this date is adopted in Darlington & Howgego. The style and content are entirely that of a pre-Rocque map, with all that implies in the way of mediocrity.

Scale:

1:17,600*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

40.5 x 21.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, masonry distinguished, public buildings emphasised: Named buildings pictorial; city stippled, hatched elsewhere.

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs, wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

conduits, water works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Public buildings:

customs

Defence and military:

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

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, workhouses

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [City of London].

Known copies of map:

Darlington & Howgego's no.85: [for later editions see DH92]: GL A3.1 no.30 t3449723; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC]; GL [in Rev George Reeves, A new history of London, 1764] [DH85].

Industry:

food/drink, textiles, timber: [Pictorial tenters].

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Waterbodies:

shown

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Ld Mayors Dogg H.

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