London-1826 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19429

Map Date:

1826

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 3480 (503)

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:

'Wallis's guide for strangers through London. 1826.'

Comments on map:

Seems to be engraved map, combined with letterpress title and alphabetical list of streets below.

Scale:

1:10,560*

Map-maker:

E. Wallis, 42 Skinner-street [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

67 x 52.5 [overall: map 67.0 x 42.0].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs: [Stairs named].

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs

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:

almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages

Education and academic:

schools

Known copies of map:

DH301: GL, Kensington Library, Wes.P.L. [1824: DH301(1)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18, CUL Maps.d.18.G.7, GL, Kensington Library [1825: DH301(2)]; BLML Maps 47.a.23, BLML Maps 3480(503), GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1826: DH301(3)]; Kensington Library [1827: DH301(4)]; Kensington Library [1828: DH301(5)]; Kensington Library [1831: DH301(6)]; CUL Maps.c.18.G.220 [1833]; Kensington Library [1837: DH301(7)]; Westminster Archives Ashbridge Box II (20) [1838: DH301(?7-8)]; Camden [1839: DH301(8)]; BLML Maps 3480(260) [1841: DH301(9)]; CUL Maps.BB.71.84.1, , Kensington Library [1843: DH301(10)]; GL [with London Docks, different plate fr (3): DH301(10)]; PC [1845: DH301(11)].

Industry:

rope walk

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Reference system:

squaring

Stated measuerments:

other: Lengths in feet of bridges.

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