London-1764 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22196

Map Date:

1764

Repository reference:

BOL Gough Maps 21, fol 21B

Town name:

Beaminster, 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 map of London, Westminster and Southwark with ye new buildings to ye year 1764'.

Comments on map:

No publication or author information.

Scale:

1:13,500*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

50.0 x 25.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: City is stippled, remainder is hatched. Some notable buildings pictorial.

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs, wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

conduits, misc: [A few conduits]; Spring Water House, New River Head.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Public buildings:

central government

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, volunteer parade grounds

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, mental, workhouses

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

Darlington & Howgego no.125: BOL Gough Maps 21 Fol 21B, CUL Maps.bb.17.G.132, GL [1764: DH125(1)]; BL 578.b.8, G.3672, Bishopsgate Institute, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [in Geo Reeves, A new history of London, 1764: DH125(2)]; GL [1768: DH125(2a)]; BL [1769: DH125(3)].

Industry:

food/drink, textiles: [Tenters].

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Commons:

shown

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

out-of-town inns only

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