London-1799 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18729

Map Date:

1799

Repository reference:

BLML Maps *3480 (385)

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 & accurate plan of the cities of London & Westminster & borough of Southwark with the new roads & new buildings to the present year 1799, from a late survey, to which is added many usefull tables & views.'

Comments on map:

Seems to be the Kelly's Directories facsimile of 1953. Looks archaic for 1799.

Scale:

1:10,080*

Map-maker:

J. Evans, 12 Long Lane, West Smithfield [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

102.7 x 56.7

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries: City liberties only.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Pictorial notable buildings: very much pre-Rocque.

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, volunteer parade grounds

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, Ward, misc: [City of London with stipple within, hatching without: wards in city, parishes elsewhere].

Known copies of map:

DH207: Westminster Archives Basement Ashbridge Ex.O.S. [dated '1789': at odds with DH]; PC [1:4:95: DH207( )]; BLML K.Top.20.44 [1796: DH207(1)]; CUL [1798: DH207(2)]; GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Camden 85.23 1799, Lambeth-Minet 2/1799/M30, Tower Hamlets map 107(a,b,c) [1799: DH207(***)]; BLML Maps 3480(385), CUL Maps.AA.71.79.2 [DH207(3)]; Bishopsgate Institute, Lambeth-Minet 2/1799/MF (AP 848) [1799: facsim by Kelly's Directories, 1953, DH207(3); also anor facsim, not in DH]; Southwark Library 912 RS; CUL Maps.71.89.2. Maps.aa.72.89.4, Westminster Archives Box 66 nos 9-10 [1799/1899 (Kelly's): not DH]; Westminster Archives Basement Ashbridge Ex.O.S. [facsimile].

Industry:

textiles

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, misc: 'Ashleys' [i.e. Astley's.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Five views of notable buildings plus a birds eye view from downstream of Tower Bridge.

Commons:

shown

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Boats and shipping in river.

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