London-1741 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22286

Map Date:

1741

Repository reference:

BL 286.c.15

Town name:

Berkhamstead, 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 1741'.

Comments on map:

F.p.1 in in Vol. I of R. Poole, A journey from London to France and Holland, 2 vols, London: E. Duncumb, 1746, 1750. Map lacks authorship attribution: has The Trauelers Guide thro' London, top centre, notes on hackney coaches top right and right, and watermen's rates bottom centre.

Scale:

1:14,080*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

49.5 x 25.5 [map: plate 51.0 x 26.3].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Public, etc, buildings pictorial: not all named.

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs, wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

conduits, water works, misc: [Conduit Head, Lambs Conduit]; New River Head, [Spring Water House].

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Public buildings:

central government

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, volunteer parade grounds, (pictorial)

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, workhouses

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

Darlinton & Howgego no.88a: old no.90: BL 286.c.15,16, 1048.h.12,13, GL [DH88a(1): in R. Poole, A journey from London to France and Holland, 1750]; Bishopsgate Institute, BL 290.c.30,31, G.3691-92, BOL Douce L 389 [1742: DH88a(2): in Vol I of 'A Citizen', A new and compleat survey of London, London: S.Lyne, 1742]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC].

Industry:

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

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

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

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