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London-1800

CBTM:
22302
Map Date:
8.11.1800
Repository reference:
CUL Maps.c.18.G.279
Town name:
Greenwich, Chelsea, Islington, Lambeth, 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 map of London'.
Comments on map:
Rather different from the usual run of London maps, especially in the cartouche.
Scale:
1:17,280
Map-maker:
Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet St, London [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
77.8 x 58.3
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
general legend: Including abbreviations.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only, outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills, watermills, (symbol): [Small circles for windmills].
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, naval dockyards, river stairs: Including boundary of intended docks at Wapping.
Sanitary and utility information:
conduits, reservoirs, water works, misc: [Outlying conduits]; Air Pipe [pictorial].
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: By small crosses.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, central government, Parliament
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, volunteer parade grounds, misc.: Victualling Office.
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Philanthropic Reform.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
liberty
Known copies of map:
[Not traced in Dalington & Howgego]: CUL Maps.c.18.G.279.
Industry:
bricks/tiles, food/drink, uncertain, rope walk, textiles, misc: Manufactory; Wax Candle factory; [tenter grounds annotated].
River and foreshore features:
foreshore, foreshore material specified: [Sand-bank by site of Waterloo Bridge and others around Chelsea Reach: unnamed].
Gardens:
shown, nurseries, misc: [By annotation].
Leisure and entertainment:
misc: Pantheon.
Parkland:
public parks, misc: Pleasure gardens.
Service and professional:
Inns of Court, Bank of England
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
symbolic/non-realistic: Title on flat-top 'pyramid'. To left of title: tree, giant beehive with correspondingly large bees; to right: ship, apparently unfurling sails; on top: union flag, anchor, figure with loincloth and trumpet.
Relief:
shown partially: [Constitution Hill].
Borders:
distance-graduated type
Monuments:
obelisks, (pictorial)
Symbolic elements:
Tree, beehive, bees, ship, union flag, anchor, figure with loincloth and trumpet: surround title.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Reference system:
squaring: 1-mile: numbering originates top left, outside the cartouche.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [City of London: on top of pyramid].
Ferries:
ferry
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
cow-keeping: [Cow Houses: several, outside built-up area].
Cemeteries:
shown
Retail activity:
limited range: [Tattersalls].
Business & commercial:
East India Company
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
landmark inns, coffee houses: [Coffee House].
Other land-uses & land-cover:
marsh/wetland
Stated measuerments:
other: Bridge lengths.
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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