London-1777 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20972

Map Date:

1777

Repository reference:

Southwark Local Studies Library, Map Cabinet 1, Map 410

Town name:

Bagllit, 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 complete plan of London Westminster and Southwark, with the additional buildings to the year 1777.'

Comments on map:

Record from good-quality photo, which picks up the plate-mark. 'Engraved for Harrison's History of London', top centre [Walter Harrison]. Looks like a straightforward Rocque-derivative.

Scale:

1:15,840*

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

49.0 x 27.3 [overall: plate 50.3 x 28.2].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some buildings emphasised but not named.

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Sundry wells, including Sadlers Wells.

Places of Worship:

principal Anglican/established only

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, rifle ranges, misc.: Victualling Office.

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, misc: Asylum.

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [City of London: distinguished by stipple buildings within, hatched buildings without].

Known copies of map:

DH169: BL, CUL 7474.a.3, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Southwark Library Map Cabt 1, Map 410 [photo], also Map Draw 3, Map 902, Tower Hamlets maps 97, 1181, Westminster Archives Ashbridge 61.

Leisure and entertainment:

museums

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Waterbodies:

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

Skeleton survey