London-1818 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19423

Map Date:

28.9.1818

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 10.A.59

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:

'Laurie & Whittle's plan of London, Westminster, Southwark, &c. with all the recent improvements to 1818.19.'

Scale:

1:15,840

Map-maker:

Jas. Whittle & Rd. Holmes Laurie, 53 Fleet St, London [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

81.3 x 41.0 [map 81.0 x 37.7, including 18.7 cm 'docks strip'].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills, watermills, (pictorial)

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs: [Stairs named].

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, central government, College of Heralds, Parliament

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

auctions

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [City of London].

Known copies of map:

DH273: DH273A is 82 x 38, DH273B is 62 x 38: BLML Maps 10.a.59 [1818-19: DH273A(1)]; Tower Hamlets maps 1853, 2301 [1819/1988: pub Tower Hamlets libraries]; GL [1821: DH273A(2)]; Bishopsgate Institute, BLML Maps 10.a.60 [1823: DH273A(3)]; PC [1823/24: DH273B( )]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18 [1826: 'DH273(3)']; Kensington Library [1829: DH273A(4)]; GL [1835: DH273B(1)]; GL PC [1837: DH273B(1A)]; [1839: DH273B(2)].

Industry:

chemicals, engineering, food/drink, metallurgical processing, ship yards, rope walk

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, museums

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Road transport:

coach office: [General Coach Office].

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Commons:

shown

Reference system:

squaring

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