London-1820 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22305

Map Date:

1820

Repository reference:

CUL Maps.c.72.82.1

Town name:

Bilston, 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 plan of London and Westminster with the borough of Southwark. 1820.'

Comments on map:

Tables of parishes outside the city.

Scale:

1:9900

Map-maker:

W. Faden, Geographer to His Majesty and HRH the Prince Regent [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

88.7 x 46.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some buildings, e.g. city churches, emphasised but not named.

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, water works, misc: New River Head, named wells.

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, central government, Parliament

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, magazines/arsenals, volunteer parade grounds

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Philanthropic Society.

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, liberty, Parish, misc: [Parishes outside the city; city of London, liberties of Westminster], Fleet and Bench prisons.

Known copies of map:

Darlington & Howgego no.269: GL, RICS, Tower Hamlets library map 373 [1817: DH269(1)]; Kensington Library [1820/1819: DH269(2)]; GL [1820: DH269(3)]; CUL Maps.c.72.82.1, RGS Eng & Wales S/S 29 [1821; DH269(3)]; PC [1822: DH269(4)].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, food/drink, rope walk, misc: Coaches, Shot, Mint.

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, museums

Parkland:

public parks

Service and professional:

Inns of Court, Bank of England

Waterbodies:

shown

Borders:

distance-graduated type

Monuments:

obelisks, (pictorial)

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Reference system:

squaring: 1.0-mile: origin at St Pauls.

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Business & commercial:

East India Company

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