London-1824
CBTM:
19430
Map Date:
1.1.1824
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 2.AA.46
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:
'Hodgson's Guide through the British metropolis, A new map of London and the environs from the latest survey, 1824.'
Scale:
1:16,896
Map-maker:
Hodgson & Co., 10 Newgate Street [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
54.5 x 44.0 [overall: map 54.5 x 36.8, excluding title at top and alphabetical street index at bottom].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
colours, boundaries
Colouring:
boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, river stairs: [Stairs named].
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
incomplete Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, central government
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, misc: [London, Westminster, Southwark], Kings Bench, Fleet, Clink.
Known copies of map:
DH292: GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Tower Hamlets library map 127 [1823: DH292(1)]; BLML Maps 2.aa.46 [1824: DH292(2)].
Industry:
rope walk
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
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
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