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London-1802

CBTM:
18695
Map Date:
1802
Repository reference:
BLML Maps *3480 (7)
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:
Londres avec les additions prises sur un Plan (de 1802) au Depot general de la Guerre. An.12.'
Comments on map:
Good-quality rengraving, superior to contemporary English work. Scale of English miles, Toises and Kilometres (the latter obviously an addition). Border graduated in toises. Below map is 'Indication des principales rues et des principaux edifices (Principal street and buildings)' and 'Explication de quelques mots Anglais'. This version includes the Polygon, i.e. definite post-1765 revision. 'La Tamise Riviere' but otherwise in English, with some mistranscriptions, e.g. 'Burging Ground' [in Bunhill Fields].
Scale:
1:19,008
Map-maker:
P.F. Tardieu, 18 Place de la Esplanade [eng], Dubuisson ['ecrit'], Depot general de la guerre [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
46.5 x 32.2
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
important roads only
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks
Sanitary and utility information:
water works
Places of Worship:
principal Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, central government
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
scattered tree cover, orchards
Known copies of map:
DH139: BL 457.f.5 [1765.c, DH139(1)]; Westminster Archives Ashbridge 61, Tower Hamlets maps 91, 1884 [1765?]; GL [1795.c, DH139(2)]; BLML Maps 3480(7), BL 10347.cc.1, Tower Hamlets library map 355 [In Notice descriptive, 1802/4, DH139(3)].
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
Inns of Court
Borders:
distance-graduated type: Graduated in toises.
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
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