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London-1791

CBTM:
18714
Map Date:
1791
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3480 (294)
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
Comments on map:
Similar to Exeter 18483, e.g., with reference to churches and 'principal buildings' below the map.
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
John Harris, 3 Sweetings Alley, Cornhill [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
53.7 x 42.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Turnpikes:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
river stairs
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Wesleys Chap noted, north-west of Moor Fields.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, central government
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, mental, 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:
DH170: BOL Gough Maps London 38 [1779: DH170(1)]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1780: DH170(2)]; Lambeth-Minet [1785: DH170(3)]; Bib Nat [1789: DH170(4)]; GL, Kensington Library [1790: DH170(5)]; BLML Maps 3480(294) [1791: DH170(6)]; BL [1794: DH170(7)]; Bib Nat [1797: DH170(8)]; PC [1800: DH170(8a)]; PC, ?CUL Maps.c.71.80.7, Lambeth-Minet 2/1799/M338 [AP568] [1799: DH170(8b)]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1801: DH170(9)].
Industry:
food/drink, rope walk
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
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
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