London-1846
CBTM:
19538
Map Date:
1846
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3480 (127)
Town name:
Lambeth, London, Westminster, Southwark
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ320811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3181
Comments on map:
No publisher's attribution on map: Darlington & Howgego say is published by James Reynolds. Evidently derives from an engraved original; letterpress round margin gives Sights & Amusements, Principal Theatres, Post-Office regulations, Residences of Foreign Ambassadors, Railways, index to Streets, Steam Packets, Cabs & Coaches, Principal Government Offices, Police Courts, Remarkable Churches (only 8: 'St Stephen's, Walbrook
Scale:
1:16,896
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
68.5 x 47.8 [overall: map 54.2 x 41.2].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Covent Garden theatre, etc, indicated but not named.
Mills:
windmills
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
piers, river stairs
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
principal Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, central government, Parliament: [New Houses of Parliament: sic].
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough
Known copies of map:
DH400: BLML Maps 3480(127), BOL J.Maps 75, GL [DH400].
Industry:
chemicals, rope walk, textiles, misc: Floorcloth, White Lead.
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks, Inns of Court
Waterbodies:
shown
Monuments:
statues: [One in Hyde Park].
Reference system:
squaring: Squares of markedly varying sizes and shapes.
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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