London-1761 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23252

Map Date:

1761

Repository reference:

Guildhall Library, St Pauls Collection 4/30

Town name:

Boroughbridge, 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 & borough of Southwark including the bills of mortality with the additional buildings &c'.

Comments on map:

Top centre: 'Engraved from a new survey for the London Magazine 1761.' This seems very similar to the 'Bell' map [Exeter 23239].

Scale:

1:18,103*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

40.3 x 23.0

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:

incompletely shown: 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

Known copies of map:

Darlington & Howgego's no.120: BLML Maps 3480(54) [Exeter 18687], BOL Hope Adds 416, GL St Pauls Colln k1275265, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [Exeter 23252] [DH120].

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