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London-1828

CBTM:
22643
Map Date:
1828
Repository reference:
CUL Maps.c.71.82.10
Town name:
Chelsea, Stepney, Lambeth, Rotherhithe, Marylebone, London, Westminster, Southwark, Bermondsey
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ320811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3181
Map title:
[Map:] 'A new map of London and its environs, 1828.', [cover:] 'Cook's new map of London, Westminster, Southwark, &c...'
Scale:
1:17,600
Map-maker:
S.R. Cooke [eng], John Bumpus, 23 Skinner St, London [? pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
74.0 x 40.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Not all emphasised buildings named; city churches seem to be shown by open rectangles.
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills, watermills: [Tide Mill].
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, river stairs, wharfs
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
incompletely shown
Public buildings:
customs, central government, Parliament
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals, volunteer parade grounds
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, fairgrounds, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
misc: Exhibitn of Fruit Trees.
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough: [City of London].
Known copies of map:
Darlington & Howgego's no.306: GL [1827: DH306(1)]; CUL Maps.c.71.82.10, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Southwark Library Map Draw 2, Map 229 [1828: DH306(2)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18 [1829: DH306(3)]; GL [1830: DH306(4)].
Industry:
engineering, food/drink, rope walk, misc: Glue, Soap, Pot Ash, Pearl Ash, Vitriol.
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
museums, misc: Coliseum, Diorama.
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens
Service and professional:
Inns of Court, Bank of England
Landowners and occupiers:
notable residents: [Some (mostly titled) around Regents Park].
Waterbodies:
shown
Commons:
shown
Miscellaneous transport-related:
[Thames] Tunnel.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Reference system:
squaring: 1.0-mile: reference numbers written both in squares and in top margin ('2,10,18,26', e.g.): a most unusual arrangement, but cf Exeter 22644.
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Retail activity:
limited range: [Tattersalls].
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
out-of-town inns only, tea-gardens
Stated measuerments:
other: Some bridge lengths, in feet.
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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