London-1770 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22197

Map Date:

1770

Repository reference:

BOL Gough Maps 21, fol 23

Town name:

Beaumaris, 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 London Westminster and Southwark with ye new buildings to ye year 1770 not extant in any other map'.

Comments on map:

Note on watermen's rates has roads from Westminster Bridge superimposed. Notes on hackney coach rates on right of map.

Scale:

1:14,908*

Map-maker:

Andrew Dury, Dukes Court, St Martins Lane, London [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

49.5 x 25.8

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

royal palaces

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: City is stippled, remainder is hatched.

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial): At Sawmill.

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs, wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, misc: New River Head.

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown, (pictorial)

Public buildings:

central government

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, volunteer parade grounds, town walls, (pictorial)

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, workhouses

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

Ward

Known copies of map:

[Not traced in Darlington & Howgego]; BOL Gough Maps 21 Fol 23.

Industry:

food/drink, textiles, timber: [Tenters].

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Commons:

shown

Ferries:

ferry

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

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