London-1807
CBTM:
23282
Map Date:
1.1.1807
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 54.a.25
Town name:
Greenwich, Chelsea, Islington, Stepney, Lambeth, Rotherhithe, St Pancras, London, Westminster, Southwark, Whitechapel, Hackney, Bermondsey
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ320811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3181
Map title:
'A new map of London 1807.'
Comments on map:
'4th Edition' in publication note.
Scale:
1:16,896
Map-maker:
Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet St, London [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
77.7 x 57.3 [map: plate 78.2 x 58.0].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
Buildings, Reference system, other: Abbreviations, churches (cross), windmills (circle), authorised boundary of intended dock at Wapping.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only, outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: 'Ordinary' buildings have stipple infill: some buildings emphasised but not named.
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills, watermills: [Windmills mostly shown by circles, but there is a pictorial one west of New Surrey St [now Blackfriars Bridge road]].
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, naval dockyards, river stairs, wharfs, misc: Warehouses.
Sanitary and utility information:
conduits, reservoirs, water works, misc: Air Pipe [pictogram: north-west of New River Head].
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Crosses.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, central government, Parliament
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, misc.: Victualling Office.
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, blind, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Philantropic Reform, [Asylum for Indigent Blind].
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets: Cattle Market at Paddington has pens.
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough: [London].
Known copies of map:
London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1804, 'ed.3': DH231(1)]; GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1805, 'ed.3': DH231(2)]; BLML maps 54.a.25 [1807, ed.4: DH231(2a)] [Exeter 19527] [Exeter 23282]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18, BLML Maps 15.a.39, BOL C17:70 London e.53, CUL Maps.C.71.80.1, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Tower Hamlets library map 302 [1809: DH231(3)]; Tower Hamlets maps (main sequence) [1809-10/1988: eastern section only, pub Tower Hamlets libraries]; CUL Maps.c.18.G.213, Kensington Library [1812: DH231(4)]; GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1813: DH231(5)]; Bib Nat [1816: DH231(6)]; BLML Maps 3480(93), GL, Kensington Library [1817: DH231(7)]; CUL Maps.c.71.81.8, Kensington Library, RIBA [1818: DH231(8)]; BL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Kensington Library, Tower Hamlets library map 424 [1819: DH231(9)].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, food/drink, rope walk, textiles, uncertain, misc: Manufactory; Wax Candles.
River and foreshore features:
foreshore, foreshore material specified: [The sand bank and two more at Battersea and Mill Bank, all unnamed].
Gardens:
shown, nurseries: [Various named gardens].
Leisure and entertainment:
museums
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
Inns of Court, Bank of England
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
symbolic/non-realistic: Title: on sloping slab, with arms and trumpet-blower on top; tree, beehive and bee to left; sailing ship to right.
Commons:
shown
Borders:
distance-graduated type: Graduated in miles and furlongs, reckoned from NW corner.
Monuments:
obelisks, (pictorial)
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Symbolic elements:
Trumpet-blower, tree, beehive, bee, sailing ship: around title.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Reference system:
squaring: 1.0-mile.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [City of London: at top of title].
Ferries:
ferry
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
cow-keeping, sheep: [Cow Houses [rural], Sheep Pens at Islington].
Cemeteries:
shown
Business & commercial:
East India Company
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
out-of-town inns only, tea-gardens
Other land-uses & land-cover:
heath/uncultivated
Stated measuerments:
other: Bridge lengths, main road mileages.
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