London-1766
CBTM:
22184
Map Date:
1766
Repository reference:
BOL J. Maps 267 [26]
Town name:
Bath, 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 pocket map of the citties of London & Westminster and the suburbs thereof being a new & exact plan with the additions of the new buildings churches &c to this present year 1766'.
Comments on map:
Notes at bottom of map on cab and water fares.
Scale:
1:12,672*
Map-maker:
Will. Roades [eng], T. Ryall, Map & Printseller next ye Globe Tavern, Fleet Street [sell].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
40.5 x 26.7 [map: plate 41.4 x 27.3].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
Buildings: City and non-city infills.
Road names:
partly
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Notable buildings pictorial: city stippled, other areas hatched.
Water transport infrastructure:
river stairs, wharfs
Sanitary and utility information:
conduits: [Conduit Head].
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial), drill halls
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough: [City of London].
Known copies of map:
BOL J.Maps 267 [26].
Industry:
textiles: [Tenters].
Gardens:
shown
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top centre-left: Bank of England.
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Dog Houfe.
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Pictorial boats and shipping in river.
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
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