London-1786 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18716

Map Date:

1786

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 3480(366)

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:

'London, Westminster and Southwark. Accurately delineated from the lateft surveys to which is now first added a correct list of upwards of 350 hackney coach fares laid down from actual measurement, and the prices regulated agreeable to the late act of Parliament.'

Comments on map:

Table below map lists the cab fares; beneath are 'Rates of oars up and down the river...'

Scale:

1:15,840

Map-maker:

J.~ Cary [eng], J. Wallis, 16 Aldgate Street, & J. Cary, corner of Arundel St, Strand [pb].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

54.6 x 40.9

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, volunteer parade grounds

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, workhouses

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [City of London].

Known copies of map:

DH173: BOL Douce Prints a.53(8), Fin.P.L. [1782: DH173(1)]; BL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1783: DH173(2)]; CUL Maps.d.17.G.17, GL, LM, RGS Eng & Wales S/S 22 [1784: DH173(3)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18/735, CUL Maps.D.71.78.2, RGS Eng & Wales S/S 22 [1785: DH173(4)]; BLML Maps 3480(366) [1786: DH173(5)]; BOL (E)C17:70 London (61), CUL Maps.c.72.78.1, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], RGS Eng & Wales S/S 22 [1787: DH173(6)].

Industry:

rope walk

Leisure and entertainment:

misc: 'Astley's'.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Commons:

shown

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

Skeleton survey