London-1754 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18683

Map Date:

1754

Repository reference:

BLML Maps *3480 (268)

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 and exact plan of the cities of London and Westminster & the borough of Southwark to this present year 1754 exhibiting in a neater and more distinct manner not only all the new buildings to this year but also a considerable number of streets...'

Comments on map:

Comprehensive gazetteer of streets, etc; information on coach and water fares; notes on London. Scale measured as 7.6 ins to 1 mile, 1:8337; 1:8316 is 7.5 inches to 1 mile.

Scale:

1:8316

Map-maker:

Emanl Bowen [eng], Fenwick Bull [White Horse, Ludgate Hill] [pub [ex George Foster]].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

131.1 x 57.2

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

Buildings

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Public buildings pictorial, but pictorialisation differs from Exeter 18674 and associates (e.g. 'Lambeth House'). City stippled.

Turnpikes:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs, wharfs: Named.

Sanitary and utility information:

conduits, water works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, central government

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

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

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, Ward, misc: [Wards in City, parishes elsewhere]; 'wall' separates City of London from its liberties.

Known copies of map:

DH82: BLML K.Top.20.33, Crace Port.III.110, GL, LCC [1738: DH82(1)]; BL, Westminster Archives Map Cabt A.062 [Marylebone portion only] [1752, DH82(2)]; BLML Maps 3480(268) [1754: DH82(3)]; BL [?1761: DH82(4); BL, GL [1768: DH82(5)]; BL Crace Port.IV.143, GL [1775: DH82(6)]; PC [1778: DH82(7)].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, textiles, timber: [Tenters; chemicals are Saltpeter Houses, north of Oxford St-Poland St].

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Round dedication.

Commons:

shown

Symbolic elements:

City arms and motto at top of cartouche, with helm, dragons, sword, mace and motto, and ? straw basket below: trumpet, music (not very legible, and not easily transcribed) below to left, bust, palate, globe, map, book to right. Dividers above scale.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Reference system:

squaring

Arms and heraldry:

livery companies, municipal: [City of London; the twelve livery companies supplying the lord mayor].

Cemeteries:

shown

Dedicee of map:

Sir John Barnard, one of the MPs for London.

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