London-1837
CBTM:
19431
Map Date:
1.9.1837
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3485 (6)
Town name:
London, Westminster, Southwark
Map type:
Miscellaneous
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ320811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3181
Map title:
'Map of London, shewing ... the old boundary of the foreign letter carrier's delivery, ... the general post letter carriers delivery, and ... the present boundary of the general post delivery.'
Comments on map:
Skeletal map only, of streets and post offices. Published 'by authority'.
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
R. Smith, Superintending President [author?], Standidge & Co. [lith], James Wyld, Charing Cross East [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
78.5 x 66.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
postal
Colouring:
boundaries
Road names:
partly
Building names:
royal palaces: [Buckingham] Palace.
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted.
Water transport infrastructure:
docks
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
DH302: CUL Mapsc.71.82.6, Maps.d.18.G.4, RGS [?] [1824: DH302(1)]; BL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1825: DH302(2)]; PC [1826; DH302(2a)]; BL, RGS Eng & Wales S.578 [1827: DH302(3)]; Westminster Archives Ashbridge Box II (21) [noted as 1.85'' and 25.25 x 15'']; Kensington Library [1831: DH302(3a)]; PC [1835: DH302(3b)]; BLML maps 3485(6) [letter walks] [1837: DH302(4)]; BLML Maps 3480(117), CUL Maps.D.71.83.3, [1838: DH302(5)]; RGS Eng & Wales S/S 33 [1840: DH302(5a)]; BLML Maps 3480(122) [1841: DH302(6)].
Industry:
food/drink
Commons:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
post offices, misc: ['General Post Receiving Houses', 'Twopenny Post Receiving Houses', limits of various postal deliveries].
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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