London-1808 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19532

Map Date:

2.1.1808

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 10.A.61

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:

[Top of map:] 'The stranger's guide through the streets of London and Westminster, &c.' [In cartouche, top right:] 'A new and correct plan of London and Westminster, with the latest improvements'.

Comments on map:

Includes small enlargement at 1:7200 of Rules of Fleet Prison. Reference to streets at bottom of map.

Scale:

1:16,896

Map-maker:

W. & T. Darton, 40 Holborn Hill, London [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

56.3 x 40.3

Number of parts:

2

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Many buildings, including churches, Covent Garden theatre, Bank of England, &c, emphasised but not named.

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

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

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, misc: [City of London], Fleet Prison, Kings Bench.

Known copies of map:

DH240A [old 245]: PC [1807: DH240a(1)]; BLML Maps 10.a.61, BOL J.Maps 99 ['New & correct plan'] [1808: DH240a(2)]; BOL (E)C17:70 London (37), BL Crace Port.VI.198 [1809: DH240a(3)]; CUL Maps.D.71.81.1, GL [1812: DH240a(4)]; GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1814: DH240a(5)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18, Camden folding map M277C [1822: DH240a(6)]; CUL Maps.D.71.82.1 [with I.Dogs pub 1:10:19: 'Ward's plan of L' on cover], GL, Kensington Library [1819/23: DH240a(7)]; CUL Maps.D.71.82.1 [with I.Dogs pub 1:8:22, corr to 1:5:23]; CUL Maps.c.71.82.22, Kensington Library [1823: DH240a(8)]; Lambeth-Minet 2/1829/M349 [1829: later than DH]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18 [? 1831-2].

Industry:

metallurgical processing

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Monuments:

obelisks

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Reference system:

squaring

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Estate boundary ownership:

fragmentary: ['London Docks'].

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