London-1815 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19525

Map Date:

1.3.1815

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 199.a.8

Town name:

Aidrie, 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 London, Westminster and Southwark; 1815.'

Scale:

1:16,896

Map-maker:

S.W. Cooke [eng], Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet St, London [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

62.3 x 40.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

incomplete Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, central government, internal revenue: Long list at bottom of map of various offices and bodies in Somerset House.

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, misc: [City of London], King's Bench.

Known copies of map:

DH223: BL, GL [1801: DH223(1)]; Leiden UL [1804: DH223(2)]; GL [1804/5: DH223(2a)]; CUL Maps.d.18.G.106 [1805]; Kensington Library [1808: DH223(3)]; GL, Lambeth-Minet 2/1810/M117 (AP 575) [1810: DH223(4)]; BLML maps 199.a.8, Camden [Camden [ex St Pancras]] folded map [1815: DH223(5)].

Industry:

distilling, paper/print, misc: Floor Cloth Manufactory.

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Commons:

shown

Monuments:

obelisks

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Ferries:

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