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London-1770

CBTM:
22288
Map Date:
1770
Repository reference:
BL 792.c.16
Town name:
Bermondsey: St Mary Magdalen, 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:
'Plan nouveau et correct des villes et faubourgs de Londres et Westminster et du bourg Southwark avec la campagne adjacent, et les grands chenins nouvellement construits, &c.'
Comments on map:
F.p.3 in Londres, Tome Premier, a Lausanne, 1770. Looks rather similar to Dodsley, 1765 [Exeter 22287], but text, apart from street names, rather more sparse in the more built-up part.
Scale:
1:14,080*
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
48.2 x 29.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Stipple infill within city liberties, hatched infill elsewhere.
Turnpikes:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, river stairs, wharfs
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: N. River head, Sadlers Wells.
Places of Worship:
principal Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
central government
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, volunteer parade grounds
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
liberty: [Indicated by building infill].
Known copies of map:
Darlington & Howgego no.150: BL 792.c.16, 792.c.19-22, BOL Gough London 171, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [DH150].
Industry:
engineering
Gardens:
shown: Orchard-like.
Leisure and entertainment:
museums
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
Inns of Court
Waterbodies:
shown
Commons:
shown
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
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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