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London-1775

CBTM:
18715
Map Date:
20.4.1775
Repository reference:
BLML Maps c.24.a.21
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 plan of the cities of London and Westminster, with the borough of Southwark. Engraved by Jeffreys and Faden, Geographers to the King. 1775.'
Comments on map:
Lack of tree and building ornament gives clarity.
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
Jeffreys and Faden [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
55.0 x 31.9
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries, other: Marginal graduation.
Colouring:
boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted.
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
river stairs
Sanitary and utility information:
water works
Places of Worship:
principal Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, central government
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, mental
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough: [City of London].
Known copies of map:
DH162: BLML Maps C.24.a.21 (ex 6.a.58), BOL (E)C17:70 London (413), Gough Maps 21 Fol 23B, CUL Maps.d.17.G.22, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Kensington Library, Westminster Archives L.13(1775) [DH162(1)]; BLML Maps 3480(62) [1780: DH162(2)]; GL [1781: DH162(3)]; Kensington Library. [1782: DH162(4)]; GL [1788: DH162(5)].
Industry:
rope walk
Leisure and entertainment:
museums
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Commons:
shown
Borders:
distance-graduated type: Border is graduated into miles and furlongs, on meridian &c of St Pauls, at a slight angle to the neat lines.
Symbolic elements:
Westminster arms have behind: lion looking up from book; scales; lyre; snakes entwined round pole; London: dragons, sword, mace, bale, anchor, scroll; Southwark: nude boy (full frontal), garland, column.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [London, Westminster, Southwark].
Geodetic notes:
Latitude and longitude of St Pauls given.
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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