London-1764 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19670

Map Date:

1764

Repository reference:

BLML K.Top. 20.39

Town name:

Aylsham, 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 new and exact plan of the cities of London & Westminster and the borough of Southwark, 1764.'

Comments on map:

An undistinguished effort, rather roughly engraved. At the bottom of the map are 'A description of London', and information on cab and water fares. Westminster Bridge seems to be added as an afterthought, without approach roads.

Scale:

1:6336

Map-maker:

John Bowles, Black Horse, Cornhill [pr, pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

98.0 x 59.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Some notable buildings pictorial.

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs

Sanitary and utility information:

conduits, water works: [Waterworks is New River Head].

Places of Worship:

principal Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, central government

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish, Ward: [City of London].

Known copies of map:

DH128: BLML K.Top.20.39 [1764: DH128(1)]; Lambeth PL [n.d., DH128(2)].

Industry:

textiles: [Tenters].

Gardens:

shown: Including Royal Gardens (stippled) and annotated garden ground in Stepney (so badly stippled that it looks like isolated building blocks).

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Waterbodies:

shown, ducking ponds

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Commons:

shown

Monuments:

columns: [In Covent Garden].

Reference system:

squaring: 1.7-inch.

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

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