London-1825 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23484

Map Date:

1.1.1825

Repository reference:

London Metropolitan Archives SC/PM/XX/02/049

Town name:

Islington, Stepney, Lambeth, Rotherhithe, Marylebone, St Pancras, London, Westminster, Southwark, Whitechapel, Hackney, Bermondsey

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ230811

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

'London and its environs.'

Comments on map:

For Longmans' Picture of London.

Scale:

1:15,840*

Map-maker:

F.P. Latham [eng], Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, Paternoster Row, London [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

63.3 x 45.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, building infill omitted

Turnpikes:

shown: Discreet bars across roads.

Mills:

windmills

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, naval dockyards, river stairs

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, water works, misc: Named well.

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown

Public buildings:

customs, central government, Parliament

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [City of London].

Known copies of map:

Darlington & Howgego's no. 275: BOL Johnson f.1412, CUL Maps.bb.18.G.12, GL [1818: DH275(1)]; BL 010349.n.36 [1820]; BL 578.A.12 [1821]; GL [1822: DH275(2)]; GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] SC/PM/XX/02/049 [1825: DH275(3)].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, rope walk

Leisure and entertainment:

misc: Panorama, Diorama.

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks

Service and professional:

Inns of Court, Bank of England

Waterbodies:

shown

Monuments:

obelisks, statues

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Reference system:

squaring: About 3.0 x 2.2 ins.

Ferries:

ferry

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