London-1786 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18720

Map Date:

1786

Repository reference:

BLML Maps *3485 (64)

Town name:

Deptford, Greenwich, Chelsea, Islington, Kensington, Lambeth, Rotherhithe, Marylebone, 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:

'Bowles's new and accurate survey of the cities of London and Westminster, with the borough of Southwark; the adjacent country; and extent of the River Thames, from Fulham Bridge to Bow Creek: exhibiting all the new buildings, roads, alterations and improvements to the year 1786.'

Comments on map:

Looks rather Roqueish. Below the map are reference tables to churches and public buildings, and also hackney coach fares, 'regulated according to the late Act in 1786'. Position of title cartouche (plain), top left, creates a 'hole' in the mapped area.

Scale:

1:10,080

Map-maker:

Carington Bowles, 69 St Pauls Churchyard [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

158.7 x 122.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only, outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills, watermills: [Tide Mills].

Water transport infrastructure:

docks

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals, volunteer parade grounds

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

cock-fighting

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Public/administrative boundaries:

county, borough, Parish: [Parishes not in shown in city].

Known copies of map:

DH182: BLML Maps 3480 (64); [1786: DH182(1)]; BL K.Top.20.48, 5.Tab.End, Maps 3485(83) [with postal info], Maps 8.c.33, Westminster Archives Ashbridge 061 [north portion only] [1787: DH182(2)].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, distilling, food/drink, metallurgical processing, oil/soap etc, rope walk, textiles, misc: White Lead, Snuff Mill, Armoury Mill.

Gardens:

shown, nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, museums, misc: [Montagu House or British Museum].

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary for location purposes

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Relief:

prominent hills

Commons:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Post and telegraphs:

post offices: [Penny Post Offices].

Symbolic elements:

Sword, mace, griffins: with city arms in title.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Reference system:

squaring: 1-mile: origin at St Paul's, with numbering in ovals on map face.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [London, Westminster, Southwark].

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

cow-keeping: [Suburban cow houses].

Cemeteries:

shown

Miscellaneous street furniture:

Milestones [pictorial].

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown, tea-gardens

Other land-uses & land-cover:

marsh/wetland

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