London-1827 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19434

Map Date:

21.4.1827

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 3480 (104)

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:

'New plan of the cities of London & Westminster with the borough of Southwark.'

Comments on map:

Good quality engraving. 'Additions to 1828' below publication note on this BLML copy.

Scale:

1:15,840

Map-maker:

W.R. Gardner, 17 Oxford St [eng], Jas Gardner, 163 Regent St [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

70.2 x 47.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Building infill follows usual contemporary practice for London maps in that is stippled rather than hatched.

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills, (symbol): Circle with '+' on top.

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs: [Stairs named].

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

incomplete Anglican/established only: All seem to be indicated, but mostly not described.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, central government

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages

Education and academic:

schools

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

misc: Exhibition of Fruit Trees.

Public/administrative boundaries:

county, borough, misc: [Cities of London & Westminster, Borough of Southwark], Kings Bench & Fleet Prisons.

Known copies of map:

DH308: GL, Kensington Library [1827: DH308(1)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18, BLML Maps 3480(104), London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1828: DH308(2)]; Southwark Library Map Cabt 1, Map 225 [1829: DH308(2a)]; RIBA [1831: DH308(3)]; BLML Maps 3480(112) [1835: DH308(4)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18 [1840: DH308(4a)]; BL [1845: DH308(5)]; GL [1846: DH308(6)].

Industry:

chemicals, engineering, food/drink, ship yards, rope walk, textiles, timber: Rather more industry than usual on London maps of this period.

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Landowners and occupiers:

industrial owners: [A few, including yards].

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

shown partially: [Primrose Hill etc only].

Borders:

decorative

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Reference system:

squaring: 1-mile: origin at St Pauls.

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

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