London-1837
CBTM:
19451
Map Date:
1.9.1837
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 10.A.73
Town name:
Aberfeldy, 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:
[Cover:] 'Cross's pocket plan of London and street directory price five shillings 1841'. [Map:] 'Cross's London guide.'
Comments on map:
With letterpress index to steets. Bottom right, in mapped area, is publication date 1 September 1837: Joseph Cross, 18 Holborn.
Scale:
1:18,103
Map-maker:
J. Cross, 18, Holborn Hill, opposite Furnivals Inn [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
73.0 x 43.2
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
colours
Colouring:
boundaries, transport.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Mills:
windmills
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, river stairs: [Named stairs].
Places of Worship:
incomplete Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
central government, customs, town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
misc, borough: [London, Westminster and Southwark], Kings Bench, Fleet and Clink prisons.
Known copies of map:
DH360: British Library Maps 3480(115) [missing 4:10:01], GL, Westminster Archives 061, Basement [1837: DH360(1)]; CUL Maps.c.71.84.3, Maps.c.18.G.36, PC [1841: DH360(1a)]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1842: DH360(2)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18, British Library Maps 10.a.73 [assumed to be catalog's '1841'], GL, Lambeth-Minet 2/[1844]/M94 (AP 609) [1844: DH360(2a)]; CUL Maps.d.18.G.17, PC [1846: DH360(2b)]; GL, Tower Hamlets map 401 [1847: DH360(3)]; Tower Hamlets map 2100 [Maps (main sequence)] [1847/1988: Tower Hamlets libraries: east London only]; BL Crace Port.VII.254 [not in DH]; BL, RGS Eng & Wales S/S 264 [1851, in Cross's London Guide, 4th ed: DH360(4)]; British Library Maps 3480(32), GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], BL PP.2506.vaa [1852, in Watkins' Directory: DH360(add 1]; Bodleian Library J.Maps 63 [1855, Cross's London guide: DH360(add 2)].
Industry:
misc, chemicals, food/drink, rope walk, ship yards: Royal Mint.
Railways:
named, passenger stations, routes: Railways blue: Great Western, London & Birmingham, Bristol Birmingham & Thames Junction, Eastern Counties, London & Croydon, London & Greenwich.
Leisure and entertainment:
etc, theatres
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground, public parks, zoological gardens
Waterbodies:
shown
Borders:
decorative
Reference system:
squaring: 0.5-mile: origin at St Pauls.
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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