London-1792 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18724

Map Date:

1792

Repository reference:

BLML Maps *3480 (70)

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:

'A new pocket plan of London, Westminster and Southwark, with all the adjacent buildings. Also a correct list of upwards of 300 hackney coach fares.'

Comments on map:

Hackney coach fares below map. Scale measured as 3.9 inches to 1 mile, 1:16,296.

Scale:

1:16,296

Map-maker:

Darton & Harvey, Gracechurch St, London [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

52.5 x 37.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

cathedral/principal church only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, volunteer parade grounds

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [City of London].

Known copies of map:

DH198a: Lambeth-Minet 2/1792/M230 [1793: DH198a(1)]; BLML Maps 3480(70) [1795: DH198a(2)]; BL [1797: DH198a(3)]; BOL (E)C17:70 London (980), GL [1799: DH198a(4)].

Industry:

rope walk

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Waterbodies:

shown

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