London-1802 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22879

Map Date:

? 1802

Repository reference:

Bishopsgate Institute, London Collection [accession no. 3398]

Town name:

Bletchingley, 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:

'Drew's new and correct plan of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, &c. including the latest improvements.'

Comments on map:

Engraved text at bottom includes list of hackney coach fares 'to the different places of public entertainment', and regulations for shilling and eighteenpenny fares. This copy undated: reputedly 1802.

Scale:

1:15,840

Map-maker:

John Drew, 31 Fetter Lane, Fleet St, London [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

52.0 x 40.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: City stippled, elsewhere hatched. Numerous buildings, especially in City, emphasised but not named.

Turnpikes:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only: Churches indicated by open rectangles: only St Pauls and Westminster Abbey named in built-up part.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, central government, College of Heralds, Parliament, internal revenue

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, drill halls

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Trinity House.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [City of London].

Known copies of map:

Darlington & Howgego's no.218: Bishopsgate Institute L.18(738), GL [DH218].

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, museums

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court, Bank of England

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies, trade and livery company halls

Monuments:

obelisks

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Grassy-ground effect.

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Business & commercial:

South Seas Company, East India Company

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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