London-1829
CBTM:
22881
Map Date:
1829
Repository reference:
Bishopsgate Institute, London Collection [accession no. 3432]
Town name:
Deptford, Chelsea, Stepney, Lambeth, Rotherhithe, Marylebone, London, Westminster, Southwark, Whitechapel
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ320811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3181
Map title:
'A new map of London and its environs, 1829.'
Comments on map:
Engraving note, bottom right, is rather faint.
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
S.R. Cooke [eng], John Bumpus, 23 Skinner St, London [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
76.0 x 40.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Most emphasised buildings not named.
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills, watermills, (pictorial): [Windmills shown by pictograms].
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, river stairs, misc: Victuallg. Office.
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
incompletely shown, (pictorial)
Public buildings:
customs, central government, Parliament
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses, misc: Royal Military Asylum.
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
fairgrounds, exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, misc: City, Clink, Marshalsea limits; [parishes not named, and not shown at all in more built-up parts].
Known copies of map:
Darlington & Howgego's no.329: GL [1831: DH329(1)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Lambeth-Minet [1836: DH329(2)].
Industry:
engineering, food/drink, lime/cement, oil/soap etc, rope walk, textiles, misc: Cable, Candle, Pot Ash, Vitriol factories.
Gardens:
shown, nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, museums, misc: Coliseum, Diorama, Pana. Painting Ho.
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens, misc: Maze, Vauxhall Gardens.
Service and professional:
Inns of Court, Bank of England
Landowners and occupiers:
notable residents: [A few around Regents Park].
Waterbodies:
shown
Commons:
shown
Monuments:
obelisks
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Reference system:
squaring: Rectangles about 3.5 x 3.5-3.75 ins: numbered at top, e.g. '1,9,17,25', etc; numbers repeated within rectangles within map; no reference to hand to exploit them.
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Kings Tobacco Grounds.
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Grass-ground effect.
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
out-of-town inns only, tea-gardens
Stated measuerments:
other: A few bridge lengths.
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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