London-1814 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19419

Map Date:

20.9.1814

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 3480 (91)

Town name:

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:

'A new plan of the cities of London, Westminster &c. &c. including the East & West India Docks with all the new Improvements.'

Comments on map:

The BLML copy lacks the extension which would include the docks.

Scale:

1:15,840*

Map-maker:

T. Tegg, Cheapside, London [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

59.5 x 33.0

Number of parts:

1

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Buildings emphasised, but usually not described in built-up part: those named on the fringe include Tattersals.

Turnpikes:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs: Named stairs.

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, landmarks only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, central government

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals: [The Magazine is that in Hyde Park].

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [City of London].

Known copies of map:

DH258: BLML Maps 3480(91), CUL Maps.c.71.81.3, Map.c.18.G.68, Kensington Library [DH258(1)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1814: DH258(2)]; BLML Maps 3.a.84 [20:9:14: DH258(3)].

Industry:

food/drink, paper/print, uncertain, textiles

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown, ducking ponds

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Draped cloth.

Commons:

shown

Ferries:

ferry: [Horse 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

Skeleton survey