London-1815 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22880

Map Date:

1.10.1815

Repository reference:

Bishopsgate Institute, London Collection [accession no. 3409]

Town name:

Blockley, 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:

'New plan of the cities of London and Westminster with all the latest improvements'.

Comments on map:

Designed to have a 'docks extension', absent from this copy. Distinctly similar to Drew [Exeter 22879].

Scale:

1:15,840*

Map-maker:

T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, London [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

59.2 x 33.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Numerous buildings emphasised but not named.

Turnpikes:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only: Only St Pauls and Westminster Abbey named in built-up part.

Public buildings:

customs, central government

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals, drill halls

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, infirmaries, hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds: [Lord's Cricket Ground].

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [City of London]

Known copies of map:

Darlington & Howgego's no.266: Bishopsgate Institute L.18, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1815: DH266(1)]; Hackney Archives V263 [1815]; Kensington Library, Westminster Archives Box 66 no.18 [1822: DH266(2)]; BL [1823: DH266(3)].

Industry:

food/drink, paper/print, textiles, uncertain: Manufactory; [Tenter Ground].

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

museums

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Waterbodies:

shown, ducking ponds

Commons:

shown

Monuments:

obelisks

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Retail activity:

limited range: [Tattersalls].

Estate boundary ownership:

fragmentary: [Probably land at Wapping, etc, taken for docks].

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

out-of-town inns only

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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