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London-1817

CBTM:
22675
Map Date:
20.10.1817
Repository reference:
BOL Gough London adds 8o 99
Town name:
Stepney, Rotherhithe, London, Westminster, Southwark, Whitechapel
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ320811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3181
Map title:
'London and its environs.'
Comments on map:
F.p. [1] of The picture of London for 1818, 19th edition, London: Longman, n.d. [1818]: it is very similar to the anonymous map in David Hughson, Walks through London (1817) [Exeter 23276]. The companion environs map is engraved by Neele.
Scale:
1:19,008*
Map-maker:
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Paternoster Row, London [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
52.5 x 23.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Not all emphasised buildings are described.
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, river stairs, wharfs, misc: Warehouses.
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs
Places of Worship:
principal Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
customs, central government, Parliament
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, volunteer parade grounds
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, deaf & dumb, hospitals, mental, workhouses, misc: [Deaf & Dumb School].
Education and academic:
schools
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
Darlington & Howgego's no.271: BL 578.a.11 [1817: in The picture of London for 1818, London: Longman, 1818] [BL 578.a.13: map missing], BOL G.A.Lond. 8o 99 [in The Picture of London, 1818] [DH271].
Industry:
paper/print, rope walk
Leisure and entertainment:
museums
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
Inns of Court
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners, industrial owners: [Lords Cricket Ground, Ground belonging to the London Dock Company, Hill and Mellish's Yard].
Waterbodies:
shown
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Reference system:
squaring: Rectangles about 4.1 x 2.95 ins.
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
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