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London-1827

CBTM:
19436
Map Date:
21.8.1827
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 15.B.17
Town name:
Deptford, Greenwich, Kensington, 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:
'Map of London from an actual survey made in the years 1824, 1825 and 1826 by C. and J. Greenwood'.
Scale:
1:7920
Map-maker:
C. & J. Greenwood [sv], James & Josiah Neele, 352 Strand [eng], Greenwood, Pringle & Co., 13 Regent St, Pall Mall, London [pb].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
187.0 x 125.5 [overall: map about 181 x 100].
Number of parts:
6
Legends:
general legend
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Greater finesse in showing alleys etc than usual.
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills: Symbol in legend; description seems to be used on map.
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, river stairs, misc: [Stairs named]; Timber Ponds.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, 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: [Barracks are described].
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
county, borough, Parish, misc: [London, Westminster and Southwark], and Kings Bench, Fleet and Clink prisons.
Known copies of map:
DH309, H.88: BLML Maps 15.b.17, BOL (R)C17:70 London (553), C17:70 London d.12, CUL.Atlas.1.82.5,18-, Maps.B.71.82.1, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Lambeth-Minet 2/1827/M148 (AP 592), RGS 3.C.11, Tower Hamlets library map 1877, Westminster Archives Map Cabt A Ashbridge 061 [1827: DH309(1)]; Tower Hamlets maps 128, 128a [1827: east London only]; CUL Maps.B.71.82.1 (with proposed docks in I.Dogs); CUL Maps.B.71.83.1, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], RGS Eng & Wales S.187, Westminster Archives Map Cabt B [Marylebone area only] [1830, in 6 sheets [GL note that entire map apparently reengraved]: DH309(2)]; BLML maps 23.a.20, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1835: DH309(3)]; PC [1838, WmIV: DH309(3a)]; PC [1838, QnVic: DH309(3b)]; BLML maps 23.a.16, GL [1839: DH309(4)]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Kensington Library, Westminster Archives Ashbridge Box II [1840: DH309(5)]; CUL Maps.a.18.G.4, PC [1842: DH309(5a)]; BLML Maps 3480(13) [1845: DH309(6)]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1848: DH309(7)]; BL [1851: DH309(8)]; BLML Maps 3480(29), GL [1854: DH309(9)]; BLML Maps 3480(145) [1856: DH309(add.1)]; Southwark Library Map Cabt 1, Maps 860-865 [Harry Margary Facsimile] (Bermondsey & Southwark only: Map Draw 6, Map 59 [Harry Margary Facsimile]). BOL C17:70 London (376) [1860.c: eastern section of central London, including city and Southwark, shewing principal trading establishments, 1:10,560, to accompany Purchaser's London Trade Guide, c.40 x 60 cm]. Continues as H.88: BLML Maps 3480(381) [H.88]; London Metropolitan Archives Acc.325/2 [? state]; London Metropolitan Archives open access photocopy RM13 [photocopy]; BOL G.A.Lond.C.88, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [open access, oversize, 28.4 LCC], Westminster Archives Map Cabt; Tower Hamlets library map 526, Westminster Archives L.13(1897) (oversize) [1898: as 'London in 1855' in Percy J. Edwards, History of London street improvement, 1855-1897, LCC, 1898]; Hackney Archives [Harry Margary Facsimile]; BLML Maps 3495(64), BOL C17:70 London (504), CUL Maps 73.86.5 [1866?: Smith & Son (pb): proposed rlys & improvements in Westminster & Kensington].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, lime/cement, metallurgical processing, rope walk, textiles, timber, misc: Glue.
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Large engravings: bottom left: Westminster Abbey; bottom right: St Pauls Cathedral.
Relief:
prominent hills
Commons:
shown
Borders:
decorative
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
royal arms
Cemeteries:
shown
Geodetic notes:
Meridian of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich.
Other land-uses & land-cover:
marsh/wetland
Stated measuerments:
other: Note on the Isle of Dogs that it is seven feet below high water level.
Ordnance Survey's
1868-1876
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
1894-7
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
1868-1876
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
1894-7
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
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
1848-51
1:1056
1:5280
1:10,560
Skeleton survey
1848-51
1:1056
1:5280
1:10,560
Skeleton survey
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