London-1781 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22100

Map Date:

1781

Repository reference:

BL PP.2510.c

Town name:

Barry, 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 Guide or a pocket plan of the Cities of London, Westminster and Borough of Southwark for the Universal Scots Almanack, with the new buildings 1781.'

Comments on map:

In pouch in a copy of The Universal Scots Almanack for the Year of our Lord M,DCC,LXXXI, Edinburgh: John Robertson, n.d. A large part of the map area is occupied by reference to public buildings and streets.

Scale:

1:31,680*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

27.5 x 21.0 [overall: map maximum 27.5 x 13.3].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

royal palaces, outside built-up area only, fragmentary: Hicks Hall.

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: No infill in city of London.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, central government, College of Heralds, Parliament, internal revenue

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, volunteer parade grounds, (pictorial), misc.: Victualing Office.

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages, misc: Trinity House.

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [City of London].

Known copies of map:

Darlington & Howgego no.171. BL PP.2510.c, Westminster Archives Ashbridge 61 [DH171].

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, museums

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court, Bank of England

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Monuments:

Monuments

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Business & commercial:

East India Company

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