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London-1832

CBTM:
22304
Map Date:
1832
Repository reference:
CUL Maps.aa.71.83.1
Town name:
Billesdon, 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:
'London and its environs, for 1832.'
Comments on map:
Printed on calico: presumably for outdoor use, rather than as a tablecloth?
Scale:
1:10,560*
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
90 x 90
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills, watermills, (symbol): [Windmills by circles].
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, quays, naval dockyards, river stairs, wharfs
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs, water works, misc: New River Head.
Places of Worship:
incompletely shown
Public buildings:
customs, central government, Parliament
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, volunteer parade grounds, misc.: Victualling Office.
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
Darlington & Howgego no.328a: GL [1831: DH328a(1)]; CUL Maps.aa.71.83.1, GL [1832: DH328a(2)]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1837: DH328a(3)].
Industry:
engineering, food/drink, rope walk, textiles, misc: Glue, Shot, White Lead.
River and foreshore features:
foreshore, foreshore material specified: [Sand Bank, by annotation only].
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
museums, misc: Diorama.
Parkland:
public parks, zoological gardens
Service and professional:
Inns of Court, Bank of England
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners: [A very few outlying residents].
Waterbodies:
shown
Commons:
shown
Borders:
decorative, W, i, t, h, o, n, l, e, f, t, :, b, R, i, t, a, n, n, i, a, ;, o, n, R, i, g, h, t, :, s, t, a, n, d, i, n, g, f, e, m, a, l, e, W, i, t, h, h, a, R, P, .
Monuments:
Monuments, obelisks, statues: [Wellington Monument].
Symbolic elements:
Britannia, female with harp: in border.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
royal arms, municipal, misc: [Royal at top of map], United Kingdom in title, [City of London at bottom of map].
Ferries:
ferry
Map material:
tracing linen
Cemeteries:
shown
Miscellaneous street furniture:
Road mileages.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
landmark inns, tea-gardens
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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