London-1775 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22207

Map Date:

1775

Repository reference:

BOL (E)C17:70 London (72)

Town name:

Bedale, 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 exact plan of the cities of London and Westminster & the borough of Southwark to this present year exhibiting in a neater and more distinct manner not only all the new buildings to this year but also a considerable number of streets lanes & alleys churches inns of court halls hospitals &c more than any other map hitherto published...'

Comments on map:

Bottom left: tables of cab and watermen's rates, and wards and parishes of City. Churches, etc, are numbered, but there is no reference.

Scale:

1:7920*

Map-maker:

Robert Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet St, London [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

103.5 x 56.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries: Stipple for city of London.

Road names:

partly: More complete outside city than within.

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Stippled within liberties of city; some public buildings shown pictorially.

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

watermills, (symbol)

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs, wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Named wells.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, central government, Parliament

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

orchards

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish: [City of London].

Known copies of map:

Darlington & Howgego no.164a: BOL (E)C17:70 London (72), GL (La.Ep.3) [1775: DH164a(1)]; PC [1790: DH164a(2)].

Industry:

food/drink, textiles, misc: [Tenters]; Gun Founders.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top left: St James's palace; top right: Queen's palace [Buckingham Palace]; bottom centre: St Pauls; view of London and Westminster from east; bottom right: Westminster Abbey.

Commons:

shown

Monuments:

columns, Monuments, (pictorial)

Reference system:

squaring: 1.75-inch.

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Dog Houfe.

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Pictorial boats and shipping in river.

Arms and heraldry:

livery companies: [Bottom right: the twelve companies from which the Lord Mayor is chosen].

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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