London-1824 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22642

Map Date:

? 1824

Repository reference:

CUL Maps.c.71.82.20

Town name:

Deptford, Greenwich, Chelsea, Islington, Paddington, Stepney, Lambeth, Marylebone, St Pancras, London, Westminster, Southwark, Hackney, Bermondsey

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ320811

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

'Pigot & Co's new plan of London.'

Scale:

1:17,600

Map-maker:

J. Pigot [eng], J. Pigot & Co., 24 Basing Lane, London, & 16 Fountain St, Manchester [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

76.0 x 52.2

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours, Reference system

Colouring:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Many buildings, e.g. city churches, emphasised but unnamed.

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

watermills

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, water works, misc: New River Head.

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown

Public buildings:

central government

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, misc.: Victualling Office.

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

recreation grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, misc: Kings Bench, Fleet Prison, Clink.

Known copies of map:

Darlington & Howgego's no.298: BL, CUL Maps.c.71.82.20, GL [in main colln of London directories], Hackney Archives V264, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Lambeth-Minet 2/[c.1823]/MF (AP 855) [1823.c, in Metropolitan guide, London & Provincial Directory: DH298(1)]; Westminster Archives Map Cabinet A Ashbridge 061 [?DH298(1)]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1823.c, in British Atlas, pt I: DH298(1a)]; Bishopsgate Institute, BOL G.A.Gen.Top.4o 635, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Kensington Library, Lambeth-Minet 2/[c.1823]/M217 (AP 589) [1824, Metropolitan guide: DH298(2)]; GL, Kensington Library [1831.c, in The Perambulator: DH298(3)]; PC [1835.c: DH298(4)]; BOL (E)C17:70 London (130) [c.1835].

Industry:

food/drink, rope walk, textiles, misc: White Lead Works.

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court, Bank of England

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

shown partially: [Primrose Hill].

Commons:

shown

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Intended Roads.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Reference system:

distance circles: 0.75-mile circles from St Pauls, with radiuses at 22.5-degree intervals: sectors thus defined are numbered.

Cemeteries:

shown

Retail activity:

limited range: [Tattersalls].

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