London-1832
CBTM:
19442
Map Date:
1832
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3480 (336)
Town name:
Aberaeron, 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:
'Plan of London from actual survey. 1832. Presented gratis to the readers of the United Kingdom Newspaper, by their obliged & humble servants the Proprietors'.
Comments on map:
Notable reduction in description, etc (cf treatment of industry) compared with some near-contemporary maps.
Scale:
1:16,896
Map-maker:
John Shury, 16 Charterhouse St, Charterhouse Sq, London [eng, pr], United Kingdom Newspaper [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
79.5 x 53.7 [overall: map 59.5 x 37.5].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Colouring:
boundaries
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, river stairs: [Stairs named].
Places of Worship:
incomplete Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, 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, Southwark].
Known copies of map:
DH343: BLML Maps 3480(336), CUL Maps.aa.18.G.12, Maps.c.18.G.217, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Lambeth-Minet 2/1832/MF(a) (AP 856), Tower Hamlets library map 1592, Westminster Archives Map Cabt A, Ashbridge 061 [1832: DH343(1)]; Tower Hamlets library map 1592A [1832/?: fac pub by GLC]; BL [1833: DH343(2)]; Bib Nat [1834: DH343(3)]; PC [1835: DH343(3a)]; GL [1838, no Hung Br: DH343(4)]; GL [1838, with Hung Br: DH343(4)]; BL, GL [1840: DH343(5)]; BOL C17:70 London e.63, Westminster Archives Ashbridge Box II (22) [1841: DH343(6); says is 5'', 16 x 12.5'']; BL [1851: DH343(7)]; BLML Maps 3480(177), London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1862.c, Illd Exbn Map: DH343(add.1)]; BOL (E)C17:70 London (675), CUL Maps.aa.19.G.33 & 48, Holb LS 85.23 1832- [1968 fac fr 1, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] pub 103].
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Around map: 27 vignettes of notable buildings, &c [15 since rebuilt or replaced.]
Borders:
decorative
Arms and heraldry:
royal arms, municipal: [Top centre: London, Westminster, Southwark].
Cemeteries:
shown
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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