London-1795
CBTM:
19524
Map Date:
20.1.1795
Repository reference:
BLML Maps C26.a.10, Maps *3480 (73)
Town name:
Acton, 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:
[1795:] 'Wallis's new and correct plan of London and Westminster, exhibiting all the newly erected public and private buildings in St Marylebone, Sommers Town, Penton Ville, Hoxton, Foundling Hospital, Moor-fields, St Georges Fields &c.&c. together with An exact delineation of the extent of the late fire at Ratcliffe.'; [1799:] 'Wallis's plan of the cities of London and Westminster 1799'.
Comments on map:
Note on cab fares, bottom right, of commendable relative brevity.
Scale:
1:10,080
Map-maker:
Wallis [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
86.0 x 42.3
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
general legend
Colouring:
boundaries: Both these copies also colour water, main roads, and parks.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
river stairs
Sanitary and utility information:
fire stations, reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
incomplete Anglican/established only: Many, especially in City, not named or described.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, central government
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough: [City of London].
Known copies of map:
DH204, DH214: BLML Maps 25.a.21, CUL Maps.d.17.G.5, Maps.c.72.79.2, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [DH204]; BL, CUL Maps.c.71.79.2, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Camden London Map Cabinet, RGS Eng & Wales S/S 275, Swk LSL Map Cabt 1, Map 89 [1797: DH214(1)]; [1798: DH214(2)]; BLML Maps 3480(73), CUL Maps.AA.71.79.3, Maps.D.71.79.6, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1799: DH214(3)]; BLML Maps 3480(76) [1801,+IoDogs: DH214(4)]; PC [1801 on cov: DH214(4A)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1802, no Dogs: DH214(5)]; BOL J.Maps 29, Met Water Bd [1808: DH214(6)]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1813: DH214(7)]; PC [1816/17: DH214(7+)]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1819: DH214(8)]; Westminster Archives Basement Ashbridge (061) Ex.O.S. [DH214(?)].
Industry:
food/drink, rope walk, textiles
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, museums
Miscellaneous:
Extent of the Ratcliffe fire.
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Monuments:
obelisks
Ferries:
ferry
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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