London-1794
CBTM:
23249
Map Date:
12.05.1794
Repository reference:
Guildhall Library, Folded Maps 1794 k1282271
Town name:
Bootle: Waterloo with Seaforth, 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:
'The London Directory or a new improved plan of London, Westminster & Southwark...'
Comments on map:
Index to churches and public buildings at bottom, with asterisk for those latter since moved to 'Somerset Place'.
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet St, London [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
50.8 x 31.3 [map: 50.8 x 41.5 overall].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
other: 'A Geometrical Explanation' of how to find references on the map: no squaring.
Road names:
partly
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: City stippled, elsewhere hatched.
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, river stairs, wharfs
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, central government, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, volunteer parade grounds, misc.: H. Guard Stables.
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, dispensaries, hospitals, mental, orphanages
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough: [City of London].
Known copies of map:
Darlington & Howgego's no.166: BL [1776: DH166(1)]; GL Folded Maps 1794 k1282271, LM [1794: DH166(2)]; Southwark Library 912 RS [1797: DH166(new:2-3)]; Kensington Library, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1800: DH166(3)].
Industry:
food/drink, rope walk, uncertain: Kiln.
River and foreshore features:
foreshore, foreshore material specified: [The Sand Bank].
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, museums, misc: Pantheon.
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
Inns of Court, Bank of England
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Borders:
distance-graduated type: Graduated in miles.
Monuments:
Monuments, obelisks, (pictorial)
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
sheep: [Sheep Pens: north-north-east of Sadlers Wells].
Cemeteries:
shown
Retail activity:
limited range: [Tattersalls Repository].
Business & commercial:
East India Company
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
out-of-town inns only
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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