London-1806 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19531

Map Date:

6.10.1806

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 3480 (79)

Town name:

Aldeburgh, 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, extending from the head of the Paddington Canal west, to the West India Docks east; with the proposed improvements between the Royal Exchange & Finsbury Square.'

Comments on map:

Clean cut, with reference to churches and public buildings (271 entries), but none to streets. For David Hughson, Walks through London, vol II.

Scale:

1:18,103

Map-maker:

J. Russell [dr, eng], J. Stratford, 112 Holborn Hill [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

54.7 x 31.5 [overall: map 54.7 x 23.2].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, building infill omitted, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, central government, internal revenue

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [City of London].

Known copies of map:

DH240: BLML Maps 3480(79), BOL G.A.Lond.8o 492, CUL Maps.bb.18.G.45, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Camden 85.23 1806, Tower Hamlets library map 353, Westminster Archives Ashbridge 061 [DH240].

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks, Inns of Court

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

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

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