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London-1767

CBTM:
18696
Map Date:
1767
Repository reference:
BLML Maps *3480 (355)
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:
'The London Guide, or a pocket plan of the cities of London & Westminster, & borough of Southwark, with the new buildings, &c, to the year 1767. By J. Ellis.'
Comments on map:
Usual derivative, with table of churches and public buildings below the map area.
Scale:
1:15,840*
Map-maker:
J. Ellis [author], Carington Bowles [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
50.2 x 38.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
river stairs
Sanitary and utility information:
water works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, central government
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough: [City of London: stipple within, hatching without].
Known copies of map:
DH141: BL, CUL Maps.bb.17.G.67, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], TNA [PRO] Library [1766: in Entick, History of LWS: DH141(1)]; BLML Maps 3480(355) [1767: by J. Ellis: DH141(2)]; CUL Maps.BB.71.77.1 [1771: DH141(3)]; CUL Maps.d.17.g.22 [1774]; CUL Maps.d.17.G.16, Kensington LibraryL [1776: DH141(4)].
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
Inns of Court
Waterbodies:
shown
Monuments:
Monuments
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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