London-1846 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22306

Map Date:

1846

Repository reference:

CUL Maps.bb.18.G.92

Town name:

Binbrook, 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:

'Improved map of London for visitors and strangers from actual survey.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from what seems to be a photographic facsimile. 'London. Publisher for the Proprietor. 1846.'

Scale:

1:18,103

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

64 x 44

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, building infill omitted, public buildings emphasised: Some buildings emphasised but unnamed.

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs, wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works, misc: New River Head, named well.

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals, volunteer parade grounds

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Philanthropic Institn.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds: [Lord's New Cricket Ground].

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

county, borough, Parish, misc: [Cities of London and Westminster, borough of Southwark; parishes outside city].

Known copies of map:

Darlington & Howgego no.349: GL [1833, in Moule: DH349(1)]; Lon Lib, PC [1833 w Gch Rly: DH349(1a)]; BL, Bishopsgate Institute, GL, Southwark Library Southwark Library print Collection, PB 2746 [11 x 10'', east part of City, etc, only] [1834: DH349(2)]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1835, in N. Whitlock, New Pic of L: DH349(3)]; Kensington Library [1843: DH349(4)]; CUL Maps.bb.18.G.92 [1846: Improved map of London for visitors and strangers from actual survey: DH349(5)].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, food/drink, oil/soap etc, paper/print, rope walk, misc: Shot, White Lead, Soap, Floor Cloth, Sail Cloth.

Railways:

routes, named: Alignments not very exact.

River and foreshore features:

foreshore, foreshore material specified: ['Sand Bank'].

Gardens:

shown, nurseries: By annotation.

Leisure and entertainment:

museums

Parkland:

public parks, zoological gardens

Service and professional:

Inns of Court, Bank of England

Landowners and occupiers:

industrial owners

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

shown partially: [Primrose Hill].

Commons:

shown

Borders:

keyboard type

Monuments:

obelisks, statues

Post and telegraphs:

flagstaff

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Miscellaneous street furniture:

A few road mileages.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

landmark inns, tea-gardens

Stated measuerments:

other: Distances from London Bridge along river.

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