London-1787 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

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