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London-1756

CBTM:
21530
Map Date:
[1756]
Repository reference:
BL *189.f.10
Town name:
Barnet, 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, and Borough of Southwark, with the additional buildings to the year 1756.'
Comments on map:
In John Stow, A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, and the borough of Southwark, 6th edition, London: Innys, etc, 1754, f.p. xx-xxi. A notable lack of text in the built-up area, presumably because of the supplementary parish and ward maps.
Scale:
1:11,880
Map-maker:
R.W. Seale [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
71.0 x 34.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
important roads only
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Notable buildings pictorial.
Water transport infrastructure:
river stairs, wharfs
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Public buildings:
customs, Parliament: Houses of Parliament shown pictorially: inconspicuous and unnamed.
Penal:
gallows, (pictorial): [At Tyburn].
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, volunteer parade grounds, (pictorial)
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, Ward
Known copies of map:
Darlington & Howgego no.106. [In book form:] BL 189.F.10, BOL E 10.31, Douce S.Subt 45, 46, TNA [PRO] Library [open access] [1754-5, ed 6].
Gardens:
shown
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
insurance offices
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
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
1848-51
1:1056
1:5280
1:10,560
Skeleton survey
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