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London-1799

CBTM:
22301
Map Date:
1.1.1799
Repository reference:
CUL Maps.c.71.79.1
Town name:
Biggleswade, 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 & complete plan of London, Westminster, & borough of Southwark containing all the improvements in, and round the metropolis.'
Comments on map:
Parishes numbered in tables, indicating whether inside or outside the Bills of Mortality; liberties of city of Westminster listed, with number of burgesses elected by each; also list of offices at Somerset Place [sic]; note, bottom right, of 'New Hackney Coach Fares office at Somerset Place in the Strand'. Publishers are Robert Laurie & James Whittle.
Scale:
1:4800
Map-maker:
Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet St [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
91.7 x 46.0 [2 plates].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
Buildings, boundaries, other: Public Buildings and places of Public Worship, boundaries, extent of late fire ar Ratcliff.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, building infill omitted, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial)
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, river stairs
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: New River Head, some named wells.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Mostly unnamed.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, central government, Parliament
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, volunteer parade grounds
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Philantrhorpic Reform.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, liberty, misc: [Cities of London and Westminster, St Martins le Grand liberty in Westnminster], Kings Bench Prison.
Known copies of map:
Darlington & Howgego no.219: CUL Maps.c.71.79.1, Kensington Library [1799: DH219(1)]; BL, CUL Maps c.71.80.6, RGS Eng & Wales S.22 [1800: DH219(2)].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, food/drink, paper/print, rope walk, textiles, uncertain: Kiln; [Tenter Grounds annotated thus].
Gardens:
nurseries, misc: [Nurseries annotated]; Temple of Flora [in Lambeth].
Leisure and entertainment:
museums
Miscellaneous:
Extent of fire at Ratcliff.
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
Inns of Court, Bank of England
Waterbodies:
shown
Borders:
distance-graduated type
Reference system:
squaring: 1-mile: origin at St Pauls, with numbering outwards from there.
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
landmark inns
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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