London-1796
CBTM:
23255
Map Date:
1.1.1796
Repository reference:
Guildhall Library, La.Pr.Gp.3
Town name:
Islington, Stepney, Lambeth, London, Westminster, Southwark, Whitechapel
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 & accurate plan of the Cities of London & Westminster & Borough of Southwark with the new roads & new buildings to the present year 1796, from a late survey to which is added many useful tables & views.'
Comments on map:
Not very refined: might do as a wall-map.
Scale:
1:8640*
Map-maker:
G. Thompson, 43 Long Lane West, Smithfield [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
106.0 x 57.8
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
Buildings: Stippling and hatching to show city boundary.
Road names:
partly
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: City stippled, elsewhere hatched; public buildings pictorial (some, especially in City, unnamed), making for an old-fashioned map for 1796.
Water transport infrastructure:
river stairs: Pictorial boats and shipping in river.
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, volunteer parade grounds, misc.: Victu. Office.
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, Ward: [Wards in city, parishes elsewhere].
Known copies of map:
Darlington & Howgego's no.211: [1796: DH211(1)]; GL La.Pr.gp.3 k1239878 [1798: DH211(2)]; Hackney Archives V107 [1799]; BL, PC [1801: DH211( )]; PC [1803: DH211(2a)]; GL [1807: DH211(2b)]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1817: DH211(3)]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1826: DH211(4)].
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
Inns of Court
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top left: St James's Palace; top right: Queen's Palace; bottom left, centre and right: The Monument, St Paul's, crude bird's eye view of London and Westminster, Westminster Abbey.
Monuments:
obelisks, (pictorial)
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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