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London-1764

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
Skeleton survey
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