London-1773 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23280

Map Date:

25.3.1773

Repository reference:

BLML Maps CC.5.a.269 [ex 2 Crace IV 104]

Town name:

Bradford: Bowling, 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 of London, Westminster, and borough of Southwark wherein all the streets, roads, churches, public buildings &c. to the present year 1773 are exactly delineated.'

Comments on map:

Usual Rocque clone, down to the lack of a scale. The four corners have references to buildings, but very few are named on the map.

Scale:

1:12,000*

Map-maker:

T. Kitchin, Engraver, 59 Holborn Hill [eng, pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

68.7 x 43.3 [map: plate 71.7 x 45.7].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, building infill omitted, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs, wharfs

Places of Worship:

landmarks only

Public buildings:

central government

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, volunteer parade grounds

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges

Woodland:

scattered tree cover, orchards

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [City of London].

Known copies of map:

Darlington & Howgego's no. 163: BLML Maps CC.5.a.269, [St Pauls colln/GL] [1773: DH163(0)]; BL [1775: DH163(1)]; Leiden UL [1777: DH163(2)]; GL [1780: DH163(3)]; BL Crace Port.5.153 [1781: DH163(4)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18(734), London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1783: DH163(5)]; GL [1784: DH163(6)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18(734), BL Crace Port.V.158 [1785: DH163(7)]; GL, BLML Maps C.10.d.17 [1786, in Large English Atlas: omits Bennett: DH163(8)]; Tower Hamlets map 99 [1787: DH163(9)]; BLML Maps 10.a.62 [1788: DH163(10)]; CUL Maps.c.71.78.3, Bib Nat, GL [1789: DH163(11)]; BL Crace Port.V.167, CUL Maps.D.71.79.2, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1791: DH163(12)].

Industry:

engineering

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

museums

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court, Bank of England, insurance offices

Landowners and occupiers:

notable residents: [A few noble residences].

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Relief:

prominent hills

Commons:

shown: [Moorfields].

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