London-1787
CBTM:
18721
Map Date:
1.5.1787
Repository reference:
BLML Maps *3480 (65)
Town name:
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:
'Cary's new & accurate plan of London & Westminster, the borough of Southwark and parts adjacent; viz Kensington, Chelsea, Islington, Hackney, Walworth, Newington &c with an alphabetical list of upwards of 500 of the most principal streets with references to their situation.'
Comments on map:
Below map is 'A list of 528 of the most principal streets with references to their situation': separate panels elsewhere for churches and public buildings.
Scale:
1:10,080
Map-maker:
Ino. Cary, 188, corner of Arundel Street, Strand [pb].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
120.5 x 78.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Turnpikes:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, river stairs
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, College of Heralds, Parliament, internal revenue: [Houses of Parliament in some detail].
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, volunteer parade grounds
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough: [City of London].
Known copies of map:
DH184: BLML Maps 3480(65), K.Top.20(49), BLML Maps 3480(85) [with letter-walks], GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Southwark Library Map Cabt 1, Map 602, RGS Eng & Wales S/S 23 [1787: DH184(1)], London Metropolitan Archives open access photocopy RM8 [photocopy of 1787]; Tower Hamlets map 283 [1790: DH184(2)]; Camden 85.23 1791 [1791]; BLML Maps 19.a.9, .10 [present & proposed 1d. post], London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Tower Hamlets map 387 [1792: DH184(3)]; Camden [ex St Pancras] [1795: DH184(4)]; BLML K.Top.20.50.2.Tab., BOL (E)C17:70 London (39), CUL Maps.c.17.G.4, RGS Eng & Wales S/S 23 [1797: DH184(5)]; BL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1799: DH184(6)]; GL [1800: DH184(7)]; GL [1802: DH184(7a)]; CUL Maps.c.18.G.158, GL [1803: DH184(8)]; Camden Strongroom M.6 [1804]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Kensington Library, Lambeth-Minet 2/1806/M138 (AP 583) [1806: DH184(9)]; BLML Maps 3480(256), GL [1808: DH184(10)]; BLML Maps 3480(86), Camden Strongroom M.7, TNA [PRO] MPEE 1/41 [1810: DH184(11)]; BLML Maps 198.c.39, CUL Maps.c.18.G.49, GL [1812: DH184(12)]; BLML Maps 3480(9), CUL Maps.b.18.G.11 [state 1], CUL Maps.b.18.G.13 [state 2], London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Kensington Library [1815: DH184(13]; GL, RGS 5D6 [1816: DH184(14)]; BL Crace Port.VI.210, CUL Maps.B.71.81.1, Maps.18.G.4, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Kensington Library [1818: DH184(15); BLML Maps 2.b.46, CUL Maps.b.71.81.2, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], RGS Eng & Wales S/S 23, Westminster Archives Ashbridge Box II (14) [1819: DH184(16)]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1820: DH184(17)]; BOL (E)C17:70 London (507), GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Southwark Library Map Cabt 1, Map 58 [1822: DH184(18)]; BLML Maps 198.c.8, CUL Maps.c.71.82.21, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Tower Hamlets library map 299, [1824: DH184(19)]; BL Crace Port.VI.221 [1825: DH184(20)]; CUL Maps.c.71.82.17, [1828: DH184(21)]; PC [1830: DH184(22)].
Industry:
paper/print, rope walk, timber, misc: White Lead.
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, museums
Parkland:
public parks, 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
Commons:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Reference system:
squaring: Numbered rectangles, except along bottom.
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
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