London-1847 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19540

Map Date:

1847

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 3480 (129)

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

Map title:

'Reynold's map of London with the latest improvements'.

Comments on map:

Intaglio-printed, with letterpress reference to 1000 streets on bottom (printed on oversize paper).

Scale:

1:15,840

Map-maker:

H. Martin, 8 Dyers Buildings, Holborn [dr, eng], J. Reynolds, 174 Strand [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

76.7 x 54.0 [overall: map 76.7 x 40.2].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Various buildings, e.g. Covent Garden theatre, emphasised but not described.

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, piers, river stairs

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

principal Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, central government

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

DH406: [DH406A: 76.7 x 54.0; DH406B: 101 x 40: map of W.London attached]: BLML Maps 3480(129), 3480(130), BOL C17:70 London f.62, CUL Maps.d.18.G.151, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Lambeth-Minet 2/1847/MF (AP 860) [1847: DH406A(1)]; CUL Maps.71.84.6 [1848: DH406A(-)]; CUL Maps.c.71.84.6, Kensington Library, Lambeth-Minet [1849: DH406A(1a)]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Kensington Library [1849: DH406A(2)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18, BLML Maps 3480(138), BOL G.A.London 8o 116 [in J.P.C.Murraie, Nouveau guide...a Londres], CUL Maps.c.71.85.7, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1851: DH406A(3)]; PC [1852: DH406(4)(?add.1)]; CUL Maps.d.18.G.24, Maps.c.71.85.4, Maps.c.18.G.34 [1855: DH406(add.2)]; PC [1852: DH406B].

Industry:

chemicals, engineering, food/drink, lime/cement, ship yards, rope walk, misc: Distillery, White Lead, Saltpetre, Pearl Ash.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks, Inns of Court

Waterbodies:

shown

Reference system:

squaring

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

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