London-1845
CBTM:
23265
Map Date:
[1845]
Repository reference:
Guildhall Library, Folded Maps 1845 k1291376, Folded Maps 1845 k1291258
Town name:
Deptford, Chelsea, Hampstead, Islington, Kensington, Paddington, Stepney, Camberwell, Lambeth, Rotherhithe, Marylebone, St Pancras, London, Westminster, Southwark, Whitechapel, Hackney, Bermondsey, Wandsworth Battersea
Map type:
Utility
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ320811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3181
Map title:
'Map of the Metropolis shewing the Districts of Sewers.', 'Map of the Metropolis shewing the Districts supplied by the different water companies.'
Comments on map:
Two fundamentally similar maps, described by their titles, with skeletal detail, and only included on grounds of scale. Top right on each: 'Health of Towns Inquiry'; bottom right, Sewers is coded '35', Water is coded '53'.
Scale:
1:23,040*
Map-maker:
Standidge & Co., Litho, London [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
79.0 x 57.3 [each].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
colours
Colouring:
boundaries
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks
Places of Worship:
cathedral/principal church only
Public/administrative boundaries:
misc: Sewer and water company districts respectively.
Known copies of map:
Darlington & Howgego's nos 392a, 392b: GL Folded Maps 1845 k1291258 [water], GL Folded Maps 1845 k1291376 [sewers].
Railways:
routes, named
Service and professional:
Bank of England
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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