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London-1761

CBTM:
23239
Map Date:
1761
Repository reference:
Guildhall Library, Pr. gp. 3
Town name:
Bollington, 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 correct plan of the cities of London and Westminster and borough of Southwark including the bills of mortality with the additional buildings'.
Comments on map:
Top centre: scale, suggestive of Rocque: top right: 'Scots Magazine 1761. p.393.' This seems very similar to the 'anonymous' map [Exeter 23252].
Scale:
1:18,103
Map-maker:
Andw Bell [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
39.8 x 23.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, river stairs
Sanitary and utility information:
water works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only: Rectangles: inconspicuous.
Public buildings:
central government, Parliament
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, drill halls, town walls
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, mental, orphanages
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough: [City of London].
Known copies of map:
Guildhall Library, Pr. gp. 3; ? Darlington & Howgego's no.131: London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1765: DH131(1)]; GL [n.d.: DH131(2)]; GL Pr.Gp.3 k1239559 [assumed thus].
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
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
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