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London-1840

CBTM:
19449
Map Date:
1840
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] MPHH 1/601
Town name:
Deptford, Greenwich, Hammersmith, Hampstead, Islington, Kensington, Paddington, Marylebone, 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:
[1837/40 edition:] 'Laurie's plan of London, Westminster and Southwark. Trigonometrically surveyed by John Outhett. 1840.' [1842 edition:] 'Laurie's new plan of London and its environs... being an original survey by John Outhett with all the recent improvements. 1842.' [this is pasted on].
Comments on map:
The 1837/40 version (DH 361(2)) has 1-mile squaring originating at St Pauls. The 1842 version (DH361(4)) is one of the 19th century's more interesting maps. There is a long letterpress section pasted on, on the left explaining about the survey and how to calculate distance (with an engraved illustration thereto in the centre), and on the right information about cab fares and postal rates: the latter refers to a twopenny post. The survey note begins 'This Map was originally laid down by actual survey, founded on trigonometrical operations, and extended by a recent survey by Mr Findlay, for Mr Laurie... an addition of 2 1/2 miles further West, than most other maps now published...' Says is laid down on General Roy's triangulation; the main object of the distance reckoning seems to be for working out cab fares. The Exhibition of Fruit Trees, amongst other familiar phraseology, make one wonder just how original and 'actual' the survey really was.
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
John Outhett [sv], Richard Holmes Laurie, chart-seller to the Admiralty, &c, 53 Fleet St, London [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
108.0 x 66.0 [engraved area: apparently all one plate; plus 108 x 11 letterpress].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries: Also scale of 40 acres. The 1842 version also has a long letterpress pasted on beneath.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills, watermills
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, river stairs
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, 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:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
misc: Exhibition of Fruit Trees.
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, misc: [London, Westminster and Southwark], Kings Bench, Fleet and Clink prisons.
Known copies of map:
DH361: [1837: DH361(1)]; CUL Maps.c.71.84.7, Kensington Library, TNA [PRO] MPHH 1/601 [1840: DH361(2)]; BL [1841: DH361(3)]; BLML Maps 3.b.30 [1842: DH361(4)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18, ? TNA [PRO] RAIL 1034/38 [1843: DH361(5)]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Lambeth-Minet 2/1844/M56 (AP 610) [1844: DH361(6)]; BLML Maps 54.a.4 [not DH: 1845]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18, Kensington Library, RGS 14.A.144 [1846: DH361(7)]; PC [1846: DH361(7a)]; GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], TNA [PRO] MPHH 1/225 [1848: DH361(8)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1851: DH361(8a), (?add.1)]; BLML Maps 3480(140), BOL C17:70 London (268), CUL Maps.71.85.2 [1854: DH361(9)]; GL [1855: DH361(10)(+add.2)]; PC [1857?, post dists: DH361(add.2a)]; PC [1858: DH361(11)]; GL [1860: DH361(add.3)]; GL [1866: DH361(add.4)].
Industry:
chemicals, engineering, food/drink, lime/cement, ship yards, paper/print, rope walk, textiles, timber, misc: Pearl Ash, Pot Ash.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations: Both the 1837/40 and 1842 versions show the same: Great Western, London & Birmingham, Bristol Birmingham & Thames Junction, Eastern Counties, London & Croydon, London & Greenwich.
River and foreshore features:
misc: Tide limit on River Lea.
Gardens:
shown, market gardens
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Relief:
prominent hills
Commons:
shown
Borders:
distance-graduated type, misc: Graduated with the miles, and (top and bottom) with differences in time in seconds from that at Greenwich. Eight compass points beyond frame.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Reference system:
C
Arms and heraldry:
uncertain: [On 1842 version only]: with two supporting lions and motto 'virtute et fide'.
Cemeteries:
shown
Dedicee of map:
Rt Hon Lord Viscount Melbourne [DH 361 (4)].
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown, 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
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