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London-1845

CBTM:
19536
Map Date:
22.5.1845
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3479 (6)
Town name:
Deptford, Greenwich, Chelsea, Islington, Kensington, Stepney, Lambeth, London, Westminster, Southwark
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ320811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3179
Map title:
'Modern London and its environs prepared expressly for the Post Office London Directory for 1845 by E.S. Mogg.'
Comments on map:
Markedly less informative than the Wyld map of 1843 [Exeter 19534], but far easier to read. Accompanied by a street index, which claims to contain over 2000 places: marginal letters and numbers only, no squaring.
Scale:
1:21,120
Map-maker:
E.S. Mogg, 14 Great Russell St, Covent Garden [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
70.0 x 52.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Covent Garden theatre, etc, indicated but not named.
Mills:
windmills
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, piers, river stairs
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established predominates: Many city churches, etc, indicated but not named.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, central government
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
DH390: [DH390A: 69 x 51; DH390B: 81 x 51 (adds strip on west); DH390C: 81 x 57 (adds strips on west abd south)]
Industry:
ship yards, rope walk
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks, Inns of Court
Waterbodies:
shown
Commons:
shown
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Thames Tunnel.
Ferries:
ferry: [Horse Ferry].
Cemeteries:
shown
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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