London-1837 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19444

Map Date:

[1837]

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 5.B.4

Town name:

Abercirder, 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 new plan of London, from actual survey.'

Comments on map:

In Thomas Moule, The English counties delineated..., London: Virtue, 1837, I, f.p.80. [William IV faces title, which seems unfortunately timed: cf Elizabeth I in Saxton.] First published in August 1833: see Tony Campbell, 'The original monthly numbers of Moule's English Counties', The Map Collector 31 (June 1985), 26-39, pp 36-7.

Scale:

1:15,840

Map-maker:

G. Virtue, London [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

55.2 x 40.7

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

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, central government

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [London, Westminster, Southwark].

Known copies of map:

DH335: CUL Maps.bb.18.G.96, GL [1831: DH335(1)]; BL 2062.d, BLML Maps 5.b.4, CUL Maps.18.G.221, GL [1836, in Moule counties: DH335(2): omitted from the 1990 reissue], BL 010349.p.2 [1836: f.p.1 of Thomas Allen, A new history of London and Westminster, I, London: Virtue, 1836 [engraved t.p.], 1837 [letterpress t.p.]; DH335(2)].

Industry:

chemicals, engineering, paper/print, rope walk, textiles

Railways:

routes, named: [Greenwich Rail Road].

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Borders:

keyboard type

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

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