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London-1766

CBTM:
18688
Map Date:
1766
Repository reference:
BLML Maps *3480 (57)
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:
(1) 'A new plan of the City and Liberty of Westminster...', (2) 'A new plan of the City of London and Borough of Southwark...'
Comments on map:
Combination of squaring, graduated border and lack of building infill gives this map a very 'modern' look. It seems to derive from Rocque, but the lack of infill enables many more names to be read, so differences are probably more apparent than real.
Scale:
1:9600
Map-maker:
Thomas Jeffreys [dr, eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
90.8 x 44.9
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
colours
Colouring:
boundaries, other: Unfinished streets & buildings yellow, new roads light brown, St Martins le Grand liberty green.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Lack of building means that there are some 'floating names', e.g. Dog & Duck at Lambeth, also Asylum [Bethlehem Hospital: ? post Rocque addition] to north. St James Palace, St Pauls, Westminster Abbey, Somerset House all stippled; other notable buildings hatched.
Turnpikes:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
river stairs: Named.
Sanitary and utility information:
water works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, central government, misc: Salt Office, Hackney Coach Office.
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: The various parts of the Tower of London numbered and described in reference.
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, mental
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, misc: [City of London]; districts of City of Westminster.
Known copies of map:
DH122: London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1761: DH122(1)] [incomplete]; PC [1763: DH122(1a)]; BLML K.Top.20.45, BLML Maps 3480(57), GL [both together, & back-to-back], Kensington Library, Bishopsgate Institute L.18(733), CUL Maps.d.17.G.2, Lambeth-Minet 2/1766/MF [1766: DH122(2)]; Centre for Kentish Studies (Maidstone) U.55.P.28 ['1766': DH122(2) seems good fit]; BLML K.Top.20.46, GL [in 2 sheets], London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1772.c: DH122(3)].
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
Inns of Court, insurance offices: [Sun Fire Office].
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Borders:
distance-graduated type
Symbolic elements:
City of London arms above dedication: thistle on top, also sword & mace, head on shield, snakes twined round pole with eagle on top, oak leaves. [No dragons or griffins.]
Reference system:
squaring: Margin graduated into miles & furlongs: map into miles only; these are noted as formed by meridian and parallels of St Pauls.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [City of London, above dedication].
Cemeteries:
shown
Dedicee of map:
[On Westminster plate:] City of Westminster Commissioners for Paving &c. [On London plate:] Lord Mayor & Aldermen & Commissioners of Sewers Lamps & Pavements of City of London.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
out-of-town inns only
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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