London-1845 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22644

Map Date:

1845

Repository reference:

CUL Maps.d.18.G.127

Town name:

Stepney, Rotherhithe, 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:

[Cover:] 'Booth's new plan of London; extending from Bayswater to Blackwall, and exhibiting the alterations to 1845.', [map:] 'A new map of London, and the adjacent villages with the new streets & public buildings.'

Comments on map:

Street-index at bottom of map

Scale:

1:17,124

Map-maker:

J. Reynolds, 174 Strand [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

72.5 x 40.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some emphasised buildings, including city churches, not named.

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

watermills

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs, wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, central government, Parliament

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

Darlington & Howgego's no.393: CUL Maps.d.18.g.127 [on cover: 'Booth's new plan of London': ?earlier version of DH395], GL, Kensington Library [DH393].

Industry:

lime/cement, rope walk, textiles, misc: Pearl Ash, Iron Cable.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

museums, misc: Coliseum, Diorama.

Parkland:

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

Service and professional:

Inns of Court, Bank of England

Landowners and occupiers:

notable residents: [Some (mostly titled) around Regents Park].

Waterbodies:

shown

Monuments:

Monuments, obelisks, (pictorial)

Reference system:

squaring: Rectangles: reference numbers written in top margin ('19,14,9, 4', e.g.): a most unusual arrangement, but cf Exeter 22643.

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Retail activity:

limited range: [Tattersalls].

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

tea-gardens

Stated measuerments:

other: Two dock acreages.

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