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London-1764

CBTM:
23487
Map Date:
1764
Repository reference:
London Metropolitan Archives SC/PM/XX/02/034
Town name:
Bridge of Allan, London, Westminster, Southwark
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ230811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3181
Map title:
'A new map of the cities of London and Westminster and borough of Southwark... 1764.'
Comments on map:
Tables of watermen's and hackney fares, bottom left. Not over-refined.
Scale:
1:6336
Map-maker:
Robert Sayer, Map & Print Seller, Golden Buck, Fleet St, London [pr, sell].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
97.5 x 57.3 [2 plates].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: City stippled, rest hatched: public buildings pictorial.
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial)
Water transport infrastructure:
quays, river stairs, wharfs: Pictorial shipping in river.
Sanitary and utility information:
conduits
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, Parliament
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, magazines/arsenals, volunteer parade grounds, town walls, (pictorial)
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets: Sheep Pens at Smithfield.
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, Ward: [City of London; parishes shown outside, wards inside city].
Known copies of map:
Darlington & Howgego's no.130: London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] SC/PM/XX/02/34 [DH130].
Industry:
chemicals, food/drink
Gardens:
shown
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
Inns of Court
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
symbolic/non-realistic: In cartouche: mace, sword, scales of justice, bales, barrels. Has about as much inspiration as a lesson learned by rote.
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
- Top left: Banqueting House, Treasury; bottom centre: south prospect of London: Royal Exchange, St Pauls Cathedral, Monument, Bank of England.
Monuments:
columns, obelisks, (pictorial)
Symbolic elements:
Mace, sword, scales of justice, bales, barrels: In cartouche.
Reference system:
squaring: About 2.0-inch.
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Ld Mayors banqueting House, Ld Mayors Dog House.
Arms and heraldry:
livery companies, municipal: [In title cartouche: city, with supporters; bottom right: the twelve livery companies electing the Lord Mayor].
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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