London-1769 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18697

Map Date:

1769

Repository reference:

BLML Maps *3480 (272)

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 map of London, Westminster and Southwark with ye new buildings to ye year 1769'.

Comments on map:

Rather rough: no author. Derives from a pre-Rocque model, cf e.g. the Saw Mill near site of Waterloo Bridge on south bank, and the pictorial buildings, including the New Exchange in the Strand, but has had some revision, obvious both by its nature and darker engraving, e.g. Pitts Br [= Blackfriars Bridge].

Scale:

1:15,840*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

49.6 x 25.1

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Public buildings pictorial.

Water transport infrastructure:

quays, river stairs: Named.

Sanitary and utility information:

water works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, workhouses

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Public/administrative boundaries:

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

Known copies of map:

[Not traced in Darlington & Howgego.] BLML Maps 3480(272).

Industry:

textiles, timber

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

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