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London-1804

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
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