London-1765 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22641

Map Date:

? 1765

Repository reference:

CUL Maps.bb.17.G.101

Town name:

Birmingham: St George, 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:

'Plan van London, Westmunster en Southwark. Plan de Londres, Westmunster & Southwark.'

Comments on map:

Most text in reference: mixture of Dutch and English.

Scale:

1:11,500*

Map-maker:

C. van Baarsel [eng], Francois Bohn, Haarlem [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

64.3 x 35.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: 'Important' buildings pictorial.

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs, wharfs: [Few wharves and stairs].

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, volunteer parade grounds, town walls, (pictorial): [Gates named].

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, mental, pest houses, workhouses, misc: [Pest Huis].

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges

Recreation and sports venues:

cock-fighting

Known copies of map:

Darlington & Howgego's no.136: CUL Maps.bb.17.G.101, Westminster Archives L.13 (n.d.) c.1765 [DH136].

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court, Bank of England

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Banner.

Commons:

shown

Monuments:

Monuments, (pictorial): [Monument].

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Dog Houses, Glashuis.

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Sketchy pictorial vessels in 'De Theems'.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [London: between Dutch and French titles].

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