London-1814 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19522

Map Date:

1814

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 3480(90)

Town name:

Accrington, 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:

'Bowles's two-sheet plan of the cities of London & Westminster; with the borough of Southwark: comprehending the new buildings and alterations 1814.'

Comments on map:

Includes a smaller scale continuation showing the West India Docks and Isle of Dogs.

Scale:

1:9504

Map-maker:

Bowles & Carver, 69 St Pauls Churchyard, London [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

92.5 x 46.5

Number of parts:

2

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs

Sanitary and utility information:

pumping stations, reservoirs, water works: [Fire Engine: in Chelsea].

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established predominates: Many City ones indicated but not named or described.

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

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, areas named (no boundaries shown): [City of London]; parishes are named, but no boundaries are given: lists those inside and outside the bills of mortality).

Known copies of map:

DH206: CUL Maps.D.71.79.5, GL [1796: DH206(1)]; Hackney Archives V127(s) [? this]; Kensington Library [1797: DH206(2)]; BLML Maps 24.1.38, GL [1798: DH206(3)]; CUL Maps.c.18.G.83, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Kensington Library [1799: DH206(4)]; PC [1800: DH206(4a)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18 [1801: DH206(4b)]; GLC, LM [1802: DH206(5)]; GL, Kensington Library [1805: DH206(6)]; BLML Maps 27.a.49 [1808: DH206(7)]; BOL (E)C17:70 London (62), Lambeth-Minet 2/1809/MF (AP 850) [1809: DH206(8)]; GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1810: DH206(9)]; Westminster Archives Map Cabt C [1811]; BLML Maps 3480(90), London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Kensington Library [1814: DH206(10)]; GL [1815: DH206(11)]; Kensington Library [1823: DH206(12)]; BLML Maps 3480(406) [1825: DH206(13)]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1826: DH206(14)]; [Holb LS folded maps M286C could be this].

Industry:

food/drink, paper/print, rope walk, textiles

River and foreshore features:

foreshore, foreshore material specified: [The 'Sandbank' on the site of Waterloo Bridge].

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, misc: Riding Houses.

Parkland:

botanic gardens, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Borders:

distance-graduated type: Furlong graduations.

Monuments:

obelisks, (pictorial)

Reference system:

squaring: 1 mile squares, based on dome of St Pauls, with furlong graduations in margin.

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Miscellaneous street furniture:

? Signpost: asterisk-thing on stalk at west end of Greenwich Road [i.e. New Kent Road].

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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