London-1817
CBTM:
22208
Map Date:
1.7.1817
Repository reference:
BOL (E)C17:70 London (36)
Town name:
Bedford, 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:
'An an entire new plan of the cities of London, Westminster, & borough of Southwark; the East & West India Docks Regents Park, New Bridges, &c &c...'
Comments on map:
This copy has eastwards extension covering the East and West India docks, which also carries the title.
Scale:
1:16,896
Map-maker:
G. Alexander, Clarks Place, Islington [eng], W. Darton Junr, 58 Holborn hill, London [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
73.0-88.7 x 43.2-45.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
colours
Colouring:
boundaries, other: Hand-coloured: proposed improvements tinted yellow.
Road names:
partly
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills, watermills: ['Mill' and circle for windmill].
Canals:
shown, other: Proposed course of Regents Canal.
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, river stairs, wharfs
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
incompletely shown
Public buildings:
central government, Parliament: [Houses of Commons and Lords].
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, magazines/arsenals, volunteer parade grounds
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, misc: [Including cities of London and Westminster]; Kings Bench and Fleet Prisons.
Known copies of map:
Darlington & Howgego no.268: BOL (E)C17:70 London (36), CUL Maps.C.71.81.1, Maps.c.18.G.35, RGS Eng & Wales S/S 34 [1:1:17: DH268(1)]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Kensington Library [1:7:17: DH268(2)]; GL, Lambeth-Minet [1817, no eng: DH268(2a)]; Camden [ex St Pancras] [1827: DH268(3)].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, engineering, food/drink, oil/soap etc, rope walk, textiles, misc: White Lead Mills, Pearl Ash and Glue factories.
River and foreshore features:
foreshore, foreshore material specified: [Sandbank east of Waterloo Bridge].
Gardens:
shown, nurseries: [A few areas annotated thus].
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, museums
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
Inns of Court, Bank of England
Waterbodies:
shown
Relief:
shown partially: [Primrose Hill].
Commons:
shown
Monuments:
obelisks
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Retail activity:
limited range: [Tattershalls Repository].
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
out-of-town inns only
Stated measuerments:
other: Acreages of docks; note on Isle of Dogs that is seven feet below high water.
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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