London-1765 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18692

Map Date:

1765

Repository reference:

BLML *Maps 3480 (55)

Town name:

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 accurate plan of the cities of London and Westminster and borough of Southwark, with the new roads & new buildings, &c to the year 1765.'

Comments on map:

Reworking of Jeffreys [Exeter 18688], with building outlines shaded, no infill, and some outlying 'floating' names. What appear to be areas under development north of Oxford Street are stippled. Restrained identification of inns of court, royal palaces, etc, suggest Jeffreys/Rocque derivation.

Scale:

1:12,672*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

65.5 x 39.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs: Named.

Places of Worship:

principal Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, mental

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

DH133: BLML Maps *3480(55), K.Top.20.41, K.Top.20.42, BL Crace Port IV.129, CUL Atlas.7.74.13,5RGS Eng & Wales S.12 [1765: DH133(1): for the Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Vol 35, p.313, Dec. 1764)]; GL, West PL [1772: DH133(2)]; BOL Douce Prints a.53 (7), London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1776: DH133(3)]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1780: DH133(4)]; BLML K.Top.20.43 [1782: now pb J. Marshall: DH133(5)]; BL Crace Port. V.163, GL [1789: DH133(6)]; CUL Maps.AA.71.79.1, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1798: DH133(7)]; GL [1803: GL.133(8)].

Industry:

rope walk, textiles

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Waterbodies:

shown

Commons:

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