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London-1749

CBTM:
18685
Map Date:
1749
Repository reference:
BLML Maps *3480 (53)
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
Map title:
'A new map of the cities of London and Westminster and the borough of Southwark...'
Scale:
1:6336
Map-maker:
H. Overton, White Horse without Newgate [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
97.4 x 57.3
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
Buildings
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only, royal palaces
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Prominent buildings pictorial; city and liberties stippled, hatching elsewhere.
Mills:
windmills
Water transport infrastructure:
quays, river stairs
Sanitary and utility information:
water works
Places of Worship:
(pictorial), Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
(pictorial), castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, volunteer parade grounds
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
bear-baiting, cock-fighting, sports grounds
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, Ward: [Wards in City, parishes elsewhere].
Known copies of map:
DH99: British Library Maps 3480(53) [1749: DH99(1)]; Bodleian Library (E)C17:70 London (40) [1756: DH99(2)].
Industry:
chemicals, textiles, timber: [Salter Peter Houses, Tenters].
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
Inns of Court
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
A south prospect and six notable buildings, as per Exeter 18681.
Symbolic elements:
Similar to Exeter 18681: City of London arms at top, dragons with cornucopias on each side; at top trumpets, ? basket, civic plate, including clock, and what appears to be a cornucopia discharging coins; barrels and bales to left and right (but positions reversed as compared with Exeter 18681).
Reference system:
squaring
Crosses:
(pictorial), cross: [Charing Cross].
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Ld Mayors Dog house.
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Boats on river, as per Exeter 18681.
Arms and heraldry:
livery companies, municipal: [Livery companies supplying Lord Mayor].
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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