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London-1829

CBTM:
23262
Map Date:
1.1.1829
Repository reference:
Guildhall Library, Folded Maps 1829 k1291005
Town name:
Bow: St Mary Stratford, 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:
'Fores's new plan of London including all the late improvements for 1829.'
Comments on map:
Noted top right as 5s coloured in case and 2s 6d plain: water blue, main roads sienna, City boundary red, open spaces green.
Scale:
1:10,080
Map-maker:
S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly, London [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
75.3 x 45.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some buildings emphasised but not described.
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, quays, river stairs, wharfs, misc: Trinity H.
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
incompletely shown: Various city churches are shown but not named.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, central government, Parliament, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, volunteer parade grounds, misc.: Guard Ho.
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough: [City of London].
Known copies of map:
Darlington & Howgego's no.320a, old 357: GL Folded Maps 1829 k1291005 [1829: DH320a(1)]; PC [1835: DH320a(1a)]; GL [1836: DH320a(2)].
Industry:
food/drink, rope walk, misc: Patent Shot Manufactory.
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, museums, misc: Coliseum, Diorama.
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
Inns of Court, Bank of England
Waterbodies:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Business & commercial:
East India Company
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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