London-1776 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18694

Map Date:

1776

Repository reference:

BLML Maps *3480 (379)

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:

'The London Directory or a new and improved plan of London, Westminster & Southwark, with the adjacent counties, the new buildings, the new roads and the late alterations by opening of new streets, & widening of others 1776'.

Comments on map:

Alpha-numeric border (no squaring) and reference to 'the churches and other public buildings' below map area: similar to Exeter 18689, of which this seems to be a re-engraving. Usual named river stairs (and marked lack of named quays and wharfs, i.e. fully characteristic of Rocque-type maps). Scale provided both by furlong-bar and half-mile graduated border.

Scale:

1:15,840

Map-maker:

Robt Sayer, 53 Fleet Street [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

52.0 x 40.6

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs: Named.

Sanitary and utility information:

pumping stations, water works: [Fire Engine [next to Chelsea Water Works]].

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, central government: Restrained identification of government offices in Whitehall.

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

volunteer parade grounds

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [City of London: stipple within, hatching without].

Known copies of map:

DH138: BOL [1765.c: DH138(1)]; BL Crace Port.IV,145, BOL Gough London 48, Gough London 103, CUL Maps.BB.71.77.2, GL [1775: DH138(2)]; BLML Maps 3480(379) [1776: DH138(3)]; BOL (E)C17:70 London (1648), Westminster Archives Ashbridge 61, Map Cabt C [1777: DH138(?3-3a)]; PC [1777: DH138(3a)]; Kensington Library [1778: DH138(3a)]; Leiden UL [1779: DH138(4)]; CUL Maps.c.71.78.1, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Leiden UL [1780: DH138(5)]; BL Crace Port.V.152 [1781: DH138(6)]; BOL (E)C17:70 London (349) [1782: DH138(6a)]; BLML Maps 3480(63), London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1783: DH138(7)]; BL Crace Port.V.157 [1785: DH138(8)]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1786, Bennett omitted: DH138(9)]; Kensington Library [1787: DH138(10)]; BL Crace Port.V,162, Westminster Archives Map Cabt A 061 [1788: DH138(11)]; RIBA [1789: DH138(12)]; GL, Kensington Library [1790: DH138(13)]; Wes.P.L. [1792: DH138(14)].

Industry:

rope walk

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Waterbodies:

shown

Commons:

shown

Borders:

misc: Alpha-numeric border.

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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