London-1797
CBTM:
18722
Map Date:
1797
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3480(71)
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 the cities of London & Westminster with the borough of Southwark. Comprehending the new buildings and other alterations to the year 1797.'
Scale:
1:10,080
Map-maker:
William Faden, Charing Cross [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
86.7 x 43.2
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
colours
Colouring:
boundaries, other: 'Intended streets or new buildings not finished': yellow.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
river stairs
Sanitary and utility information:
water works
Places of Worship:
incomplete 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, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, liberty, Parish, misc: [City of London, inside which parishes not shown]; districts in and limits of city and liberties of Westminster.
Known copies of map:
DH186: CUL Maps.D.71.78.3, RGS Eng & Wales S/S 25 [1787: DH186(1)]; CUL Maps.c.71.78.2 [1788: not DH]; LM [1789: DH186(2); BL, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1790: DH186(3)]; BOL (E)C17:70 London (514), Kensington Library [1795: DH186(4)]; BLML Maps 3480(71), K.Top.20.52, GL [1797: DH186(5)]; BLML Maps 3480(402) [1801: DH186(6)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18 [1802: DH186(7)]; BLML Maps 3480(77), CUL Maps.C.71.80.2. London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], TNA [PRO] MPI 1/193 [1803: DH186(8)]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1805: DH186(9)]; BLML Maps 3480(419), London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Kensington Library [1807: DH186(10)]; BLML Maps 3480(455), GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1812: DH186(11)]; GL [1815: DH186(12)]; Westminster Archives Ashbridge Box II (13) [1816: DH186(12+)].
Industry:
rope walk
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
Inns of Court
Waterbodies:
shown
Commons:
shown
Borders:
distance-graduated type
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Reference system:
squaring: Mile squares on meridian &c of St Pauls, with furlong graduations in border.
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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