London-1834
CBTM:
19443
Map Date:
1.1834
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3480 (109)
Town name:
Aberavon, 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:
'The arbitrator, or metropolitan distance-map; shewing at one view the whole of the metropolis in half-mile measurements: indicated by red spots from east to west, & blue spots from south to north.'
Comments on map:
Scope indicated by its title; principal streets, buildings, etc only. Flanked by letterpress tables of street and bridge lengths, and dimensions of squares (in miles and yards), distances, and information on hackney carriage hiring.
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
J. & C. Adlard, Bartholomew Close [pr], M.A. Leigh, bookseller, publisher & stationer, 421 Strand [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
60.5 x 48.5 [overall: map is 38.2 x 28.0].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
other: The red spots.
Colouring:
other: Red and blue distance-spots.
Road names:
partly
Building names:
royal palaces
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted.: A few public buildings only.
Places of Worship:
landmarks only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Known copies of map:
DH348: BLML Maps 3480(108), BOL (E) C17:70 London (26), CUL Maps.72.83.1, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Kensington Library, Lambeth-Minet 2/1833/M147 (AP 599) [1833: DH.348(1)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18, BLML Maps 3480(109), CUL Maps.d.18.G.15, GL, RGS Eng & Wales S/S 143 [cropped: [1834.c, pub Leigh: DH348(2)]; BLML maps 2.a.72 [1840, not in DH: BL 9.70].
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Service and professional:
banks
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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