London-1806 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22285

Map Date:

21.4.1806

Repository reference:

BL 290.g.22

Town name:

Berkhampstead, 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:

'Plan of the cities of London and Westminster, with the borough of Southwark, exhibiting all the new buildings to the present year MDCCCVI.'

Comments on map:

F.t.p. of Vol. IV of B. Lambert, The history and survey of London, London: Hughes, etc, 4 vols, 1806. Alphabetical list of streets at foot of map.

Scale:

1:17,600

Map-maker:

Neele, 352 Strand [eng], T. Hughes, Stationers Court [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

70.5 x 39.5 [overall: map 70.5 x 33.3]

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

watermills

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs, wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, water works, misc: New River Head, some named wells.

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, central government

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals, volunteer parade grounds

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds: [Lord's Cricket Ground].

Public/administrative boundaries:

liberty

Known copies of map:

Darlington & Howgego no.236: Bishopsgate Institute, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1806: DH236(1)]; BL 290.g.19, C.151.k.5 [1806, with table of streets: DH236(2)]; CUL Maps.bb.71.80.3 [1806: DH236(1 or 2)]; Westminster Archives Map Cabt A, Ashbridge 061; Westminster Archives Extra large maps L.13 (1806); Hackney Archives V234, Tower Hamlets library map 115 [1806].

Industry:

bricks/tiles

Leisure and entertainment:

museums

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court, Bank of England

Waterbodies:

shown

Commons:

shown

Monuments:

obelisks

Reference system:

squaring: Rectangles, about 4.5 x 3.25 ins: not completely regular.

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

out-of-town inns only

Stated measuerments:

other: Two dock acreages.

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