London-1821 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23260

Map Date:

1821

Repository reference:

Guildhall Library, Pr.Gp.4, k1262162

Town name:

Islington, Paddington, Lambeth, Marylebone, St Pancras, 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:

'Wallis's guide for strangers through London, and its environs, 1821.'

Comments on map:

This map has several details which seem peculiar to it: it seems less of a 'clone' than usual.

Scale:

1:14,400*

Map-maker:

Edward Wallis, 42 Skinner St, Snow Hill [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

60.0 x 40.5 [map: 60.0 x 50.8 overall].

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours

Colouring:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: City stippled, rest without infill; some buildings emphasised but unnamed.

Canals:

shown, other: Canal Co.'s Steam Engine.

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs, wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

water works

Places of Worship:

landmarks only, -, _, o, u, t, l, y, i, n, g, o, n, e, s, s, h, o, W, n, b, y, c, R, o, s, s, e, s, .

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, central government

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, magazines/arsenals, volunteer parade grounds, misc.: Guard Ho.

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Hospital for Blind Soldiers.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [City of London].

Known copies of map:

Darlington & Howgego's no.281: Bib Nat [1820: DH281(1)]; GL La.Gr.Pr.4 k1306327 [1821: DH281(2)]; Bishopsgate Institute [1822: DH281(3)]; RGS Eng & Wales S.25 [1823, '1:18,000': DH281(4)]; PC [1824: DH281(4A)]; GL [1845, w rlys: DH281(5)].

Industry:

chemicals, rope walk

Gardens:

shown

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

Monuments:

obelisks, (pictorial)

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Reference system:

squaring: Lettered rectangles, c.4.6 x 2.3 ins.

Ferries:

ferry

Retail activity:

limited range: [Tattersal's Repy].

Business & commercial:

East India Company

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

out-of-town inns only

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