London-1765 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19671

Map Date:

? 1765

Repository reference:

BLML K.Top. 20.40

Town name:

Aynho, 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 & correct plan of the cities of London, Westminster, & the borough of Southwark, with the new buildings to this present year.'

Scale:

1:14,400*

Map-maker:

Ryland & Bryer, Engravers & Printsellers, Kings Arms, Cornhill [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

50.7 x 30.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Stipple for city, hatching elsewhere; various buildings emphasised (e.g. Covent Garden theatre) but not described.

Turnpikes:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs

Sanitary and utility information:

water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Principal ones only.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, central government

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

DH137: BLML K.Top.20.40.

Gardens:

shown: [Rather selective].

Leisure and entertainment:

museums

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Commons:

shown

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