London-1769 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18689

Map Date:

1769

Repository reference:

BLML Maps *3480 (58)

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 correct plan of the cities and suburbs of London & Westminster & borough of Southwark with the country adjacent, the new buildings, roads &c to the year 1769, from an actual survey corrected & engrav'd by J. Gibson.'

Scale:

1:15,840*

Map-maker:

J. Gibson [author, eng], Robert Sayer and J.Smith [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

49.6 x 37.1

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces

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, infirmaries, mental

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [City of London: stipple within, hatching without].

Known copies of map:

DH123b, old 143: Bishopsgate Institute L.18(730), GL [1763: DH 123b(1)]; BL, BOL Gough Maps 21 Fol 22B, CUL Maps.d.17.G.3 [1766: DH123b(2)]; ?CUL Maps.bb.17.G.71, Tower Hamlets map 1135 [The London guide, or a pocket plan, 51 x 26 cm] [1767: DH123b(3)]; BLML Maps 3480(58), CUL Maps.c.71.76.1, Westminster Archives Ashbridge 61 [1769: DH123b(4)]; [1771: DH123b(5)].

Industry:

rope walk

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Commons:

shown

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