London-1830 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19438

Map Date:

1830

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 197.A.5

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:

'Allen's new plan of London, from actual survey, 1830.'

Comments on map:

Frontispiece to Thomas Allen, The panorama of London, and visitor's pocket companion, in a tour through the metropolis, London: Virtue, 1830.

Scale:

1:16,896

Map-maker:

C. Tilt, 86 Fleet St [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

55.5 x 40.7

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, building infill omitted, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs: [Stairs named].

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

incomplete Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, central government

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [London, Westminster and Southwark].

Known copies of map:

DH322: BLML Maps 197.a.5, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Lambeth-Minet 2/1830/M99 (AP 5986) [DH322].

Industry:

paper/print, chemicals, textiles, bricks/tiles, engineering, timber, misc: Royal Mint.

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown