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London-1804

CBTM:
22290
Map Date:
12.8.1804
Repository reference:
BL 10349.h.13
Town name:
Bethseda, 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 plan of London with its modern improvements.'
Comments on map:
F.p. 105 in Modern London, London: Phillips, 1804.
Scale:
1:17,000
Map-maker:
S.J. Neele, 352 Strand [eng], Richd Phillips, St Pauls Church Yard [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
59.2 x 24.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some buildings emphasised but not described.
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, river stairs, wharfs
Places of Worship:
principal Anglican/established only
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals, volunteer parade grounds
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds: [Lord's Cricket Ground].
Known copies of map:
Darlington & Howgego no.229: London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Tower Hamlets library map 112 [1803: DH229(1)]; BL 10349.H.13, BOL G.A.Lond.4o 79 [in Modern London...], London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Tower Hamlets library map 354, Westminster Archives Ashbridge 061 [1804: DH229(2)]; CUL Maps.BB.71.80.2 [1805: DH229(-)]; GL [1806: DH229(3)]; GL, Tower Hamlets library map 352 [1808: DH229(4)].
Industry:
food/drink, textiles: [Tenter Ground].
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
museums, misc: Pantheon.
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
Inns of Court, Bank of England
Waterbodies:
shown
Commons:
shown
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Reference system:
squaring: Rectangles, about 2.8 x 2.2 ins.
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Compter.
Cemeteries:
shown
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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