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London-1846

CBTM:
23483
Map Date:
1846
Repository reference:
London Metropolitan Archives SC/PM/XX/02/062
Town name:
Bromley, Deptford, Greenwich, Chelsea, Islington, Kensington, Paddington, Stepney, Lambeth, Rotherhithe, Marylebone, St Pancras, London, Westminster, Southwark, Whitechapel, Clerkenwell, Hackney, Bermondsey
Map type:
Highways
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ230811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3181
Map title:
'General map of London, shewing the street improvements and railway termini, as suggested by J. Pennethorne, Esqr. Architect to the Commissioners of H.M. Woods & Forests, 1846.'
Comments on map:
For BPP (HC) 1846, XVII: no printer given.
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
J. Pennethorne [? author].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
95.3 x 55.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
other: Omission of suggested streets not connected to railway termini.
Colouring:
transport., other: Main roads, railways, open space, open water: all hand-coloured.
Road names:
partly
Building names:
royal palaces
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Sidestreets omitted in more built-up part.
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only: As unnamed black shapes.
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, volunteer parade grounds
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, misc: Asylum.
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
Darlington & Howgego's no.399: GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] SC/PM/XX/02/062, Southwark Library Map Drawer 4, Map 119 [DH399].
Industry:
uncertain: Kiln.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations: Coloured: including several unrealised schemes.
Gardens:
nurseries, misc: Maze.
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
Bank of England
Waterbodies:
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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