London-1814 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19421

Map Date:

? 1814

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 199.A.34

Town name:

Deptford, 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:

[Slipcase:] 'A plan of London, from Paddington to Bow, and from Islington to Camberwell, including Westminster and Southwark, with the East and West India Docks. Price 4s.6d.' [Map:] 'London: Westminster and Southwark.'

Scale:

1:15,840

Map-maker:

Darton Harvey & Darton, Gracechurch St, London [pr, pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

78.5 x 47.0 [about 15.7 on east side is a 'docks supplement'].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs: [Named stairs].

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

incomplete Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, central government

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [City of London].

Known copies of map:

DH264: BLML Maps 199.a.34, BOL J.Maps 141, Kensington Library [1815: DH264(1)]; GL [not E of Limeho, 61.5 x 44.5: DH264(2)].

Industry:

chemicals, ship yards, paper/print, rope walk, furniture/pottery, textiles

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Commons:

shown

Reference system:

squaring

Estate boundary ownership:

fragmentary: [Limit of dock companies' lands].

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown, tea-gardens

Other land-uses & land-cover:

marsh/wetland

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