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London-1761

CBTM:
18691
Map Date:
1761
Repository reference:
BLML Maps C.27.a.5
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:
'The City guide or a pocket plan of London, Westminster and Southwark with the new buildings to the year 1761. by J. Bayly. Geogr.'
Comments on map:
Partial naming of royal palaces, inns of court, &c, suggests derivation from one of Rocque's smaller-scale effusions.
Scale:
1:15,840*
Map-maker:
J. Bayly [author], T. Bowles, St Pauls Churchyard, & John Bowles, Black Horse, Cornhill [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
50.5 x 29.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
river stairs: Named.
Sanitary and utility information:
water works
Places of Worship:
principal Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough: [City of London: stipple within, hatching without].
Known copies of map:
DH117: BLML Maps C.27.a.5, BL Crace Port.IV.121, CUL [Maps.c.71.76.2, 'missing'], GL [1761: DH117(1)]; BL Crace Port.IV.124, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Westminster Archives Box 65, no.32 [DH117(2)]; BL Crace Port.IV.125, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1765: DH 117(3)].
Industry:
rope walk
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
Inns of Court
Waterbodies:
shown
Commons:
shown
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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