London-1753 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23238

Map Date:

1753

Repository reference:

Guildhall Library, Pr. gp. 3, k1269715

Town name:

Bolingbroke, 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:

'The city guide or a pocket map of London, Westminster and Southwark with ye new buildings to ye year 1753'.

Comments on map:

Notes on left and at bottom on hackney and water fares.

Scale:

1:14,400*

Map-maker:

Tho. Bowles, St Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles & Son, Black Horse, Cornhill [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

50.3 x 25.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Public etc buildings pictorial: city stippled, other areas hatched.

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs, wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

conduits, water works: [Spring Water House].

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Public buildings:

customs

Defence and military:

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

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, mental, workhouses

Markets and exchanges:

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.84: Bib.Nat. [1740: DH84(1)]; BL [1744: DH84(2)]; Tower Hamlets map 69 [1745: DH84(3)]; GL Pr.Gr.3 k1269715, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1753: DH84(4)]; GL [DH84(5)]; GL [1758: DH84(6)].

Industry:

food/drink, textiles, timber: Pictorial tenters.

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Waterbodies:

shown

Ferries:

ferry

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