London-1842 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18276

Map Date:

1842

Repository reference:

Devon RO 1037 M/Z2/1/6

Town name:

London, Westminster, Southwark

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ320811

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3080

Map title:

[Cover:] 'Darby's map of London with all the railway & steam-boat stations; together with a complete index, comprising the public buildings, etc. 1842.'; [Map:] 'Darby's London Guide 1842'.

Comments on map:

Omits Hungerford Bridge.

Scale:

1:17,600

Map-maker:

Darby [? author], Darton & Clark, London [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

63.8 x 42.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours, boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Canals:

shown, basins/docks

Water transport infrastructure:

piers, wharfs

Places of Worship:

incomplete Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

shown

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds, shooting grounds: Include 'Play Ground for the Westminster Scholars', ['Subscripn. Shooting Ground' (west of Nine Elms Station)].

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

CUL maps.D.71.84.1, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Ken/P.L. [DH378(1)]; BLML Maps 3480(123), BOL (E) C17:70 London (21), Devon RO 1037 M/Z2/1/6 ['index' missing ] [1842: DH378(2)]; BLML Maps 3480(12), Kensington Library [1843: DH378(3)]; BLML Maps 18.a.41 [1844: DH378(4)].

Industry:

shown: Numerous examples on edge of built-up area.

Railways:

routes, named: Ladder effect: stations as such not shown.

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Commons:

shown

Symbolic elements:

Griffins: flank title.

Reference system:

squaring: 0.5-mile: 'Meridian of St Pauls' and 'Parallel of St Pauls'.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

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