London-1807 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19530

Map Date:

1807

Repository reference:

BLML Maps C.27.b.46

Town name:

Lambeth, 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:

'The strangers guide to London and Westminster, exhibiting all the various alterations & improvements complete to the present time.'

Comments on map:

Detail notably 'stripped down' compared with Exeter 19529, to which it is very similar in appearence.

Scale:

1:16,351

Map-maker:

Edward Mogg, 14 Little Newport St, Leicester Square, London [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

57.3 x 40.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Various public buildings, e.g. Bank of England, Royal Exchange, Covent Garden Opera Ho., &c are emphasised but not described.

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

cathedral/principal church only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, central government: Very few descriptions: includes some Whitehall offices, but not the Houses of Parliament.

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses: Fewer than usual.

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [City of London].

Known copies of map:

DH238: BLML Maps 197.c.74, BOL J.Maps 142, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Kensington Library [1806: DH238(1)]; BLML Maps 197.a.55, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1807: DH238(2)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18 [1809: DH238(2a)]; Westminster Archives Ashbridge Box 1 [1809: DH238(3a)]; BL, CUL Maps.d.71.81.4, Suffolk RO [Lowestoft] Grubbe [1810: DH238(3)]; CUL Maps.d.18.G.82 [ed 5, 1811]; GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1811: DH238(4)]; GL [1812: DH238(5a)]; [n.d., new cab fares on back: DH238(5)]; CUL Maps.c.71.81.7, PC [1815: DH238(5a)]; GL, Kensington Library [1816: DH238(5b)]; Lambeth-Minet [1818: DH238(5c)]; CUL Maps.d.18.G.103, Southwark Library Map Draw 3, Map 918a [1820; photocopy: DH238(new:5c-5d)]; GL [1825: DH238(5ci)]; GL [1826: DH238(5d)]; BOL J.Maps 143, GL [1828: DH238(5e)]; LM [1831: DH238(6)]; Hackney Archives V114(S) [1834: ?this]; BLML Maps 3480(111) [1835: DH238(7)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18, BLML Maps 12.a.102, GL [1836: DH238(8)]; BLML Maps 24.a.62, Kensington Library [1837: DH238(9)]; BL [1838: DH238(10)]; BL 578.a.28, Camden London Map cabinet [1838, New Picture of L, in Stranger's guide to the Metropolis: assumed tp be DH238]; BOL (E) C17:70 London (43) [1839: DH238(11)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18, BL, CUL Maps.d.18.G.3, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1840: DH238(12)]; GL [1841: DH238(13)]; Lambeth-Minet 2/1842/M343 (AP 608), Wes.P.L. [1842: DH238(14)]; BL 578.a.31 [1842: New picture: map not checked]; BL RB.23.a.17012 [1843: DH238(14a)]; CUL Maps.d.18.G.149 [1844]; BL 10348.aa.8, CUL Maps.c.72.84.3 [1845];

Industry:

bricks/tiles

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Monuments:

obelisks: [No symbol].

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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