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London-1796

CBTM:
18725
Map Date:
1796
Repository reference:
BLML Maps *3480 (6)
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 and accurate plan of London, Westminster and borough of Southwark; wherein is distinctly inserted all the additional streets, squares &c in and round the Metropolis and extended to Chelsea, Walworth &c &c.'
Comments on map:
Reference table to 'the principal buildings' below map: only gives the letters on the map; does not act as index. Extends to both Ranelagh and Vauxhall Gardens.
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet St, London [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
58.5 x 42.2
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Stipple infill in city; no infill elsewhere.
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills
Water transport infrastructure:
river stairs
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, volunteer parade grounds
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses: Bethlem Hospital not described [it is usually 'Asylum'], but 'Mad Ho.' appears at Bethnel Green.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough: [City of London].
Known copies of map:
DH199: London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Westminster Archives L.13(1792) [1792: DH199(1): pb Sayer]; BLML Maps 3480(6) [1796: DH199(2): pub Laurie & Whittle]; Camden [ex St Pancras] [1798: DH199(3)].
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
Inns of Court
Waterbodies:
shown
Commons:
shown
Borders:
misc: Divided scale set in bottom left, in bottom border only: [cf Ordnance Survey 1:63,360 5th Edition practice.]
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Reference system:
squaring: 0.5-mile squares with distances in border east and north from south-west corner.
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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