London-1798
CBTM:
22300
Map Date:
12.5.1798
Repository reference:
CUL Maps.d.17.G.12
Town name:
Biggar, 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 shown all the additional streets, squares &c in and round the Metropolis and extended to Chelsea, Walworth &c &c.'
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet St, London [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
57.3 x 42.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only, outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised, building infill omitted: Stipple infill within city liberties; no infill otherwise; numerous buildings, mostly churches, emphasised but unnamed.
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial)
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, river stairs
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs, water works, misc: New River Head, some named wells.
Places of Worship:
cathedral/principal church only: Others indicated but unnamed.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, central government, College of Heralds, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals, volunteer parade grounds
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Public/administrative boundaries:
liberty: [Shown by building infill].
Known copies of map:
[Noted as not in Darlington & Howgego; cf DH199]: CUL Maps.d.17.G.12, Camden London Map Cabinet.
Industry:
warehousing: [India Warehouses].
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
Inns of Court, Bank of England
Waterbodies:
shown
Borders:
distance-graduated type
Monuments:
Monuments
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Reference system:
squaring: 0.5-mile: origin in SW corner.
Ferries:
ferry
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
out-of-town inns only, tea-gardens
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
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