London-1804 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19523

Map Date:

1804

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 3480 (78)

Town name:

Acle, 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:

'London Westminster and Southwark shewing the various alterations 1804'.

Scale:

1:15,840*

Map-maker:

Darton & Harvey, Gracechurch St [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

53.2 x 40.8

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

principal Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, central government

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [City of London].

Known copies of map:

DH220: Southwark Library Map Cabt 1, Map 406 [1800: DH220(1)]; BLML Maps 3480(78) [1804: DH220(2)]; CUL Maps.C.71.80.3, Camden [Camden [ex St Pancras]] London Map Cabinet [1805: with Isle of Dogs, 15 x 41: DH220(3)].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, textiles: [Hartshorn Manufactory [ammonia]].

River and foreshore features:

foreshore, foreshore material specified: [The 'Sand Bank'].

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, misc: Covent Garden and Drury Lane theatres shaded but not described.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks, Inns of Court

Monuments:

obelisks

Reference system:

squaring

Ferries:

ferry

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