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London-1847

CBTM:
19547
Map Date:
1847
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3479 (7)
Town name:
Deptford, Greenwich, Chelsea, Hammersmith, Hampstead, Islington, Kensington, Paddington, Stepney, Lambeth, Marylebone, 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:
'Smith's new map of London and its environs.'
Comments on map:
Apparently made up from 9 plates, with the central plate about 56.5 x 34.5. Clean-cut.
Scale:
1:17,600
Map-maker:
J. Archer, Pentonville [dr, eng], C. Smith & Son, 172, Strand, London [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
100.5 x 69.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills, watermills
Canals:
shown
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
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough
Known copies of map:
DH407, H.MI.17. DH407: BLML Maps 3479(7), GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Camden folded map [1847: DH407(1)]; BLML Maps 29.a.1, GL [1848: DH407(2)]; PC [1849: DH407(2a)]; PC [1855: DH407(2ai)]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1855: DH407(add.1)]; London Metropolitan Archives MBW 2537/1, PC [1856: DH407(2b)]; BLML Maps 3480(159) [1860: DH407(3)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18, BLML Maps 3480(167), GL [1861: DH407(4)(?add.2)]; CUL Maps.71.86.10, GL [1862: DH407(5)(?add.3)]; PC [1864: DH407(add.4)]; ?CUL Maps.D.71.85.3 [58 x 35 cm: DH407?] [some entries may be mistaken for DH 328]. H.MI.17: BLML Maps 3485(26), BOL C17:70 London (48) [1864-5: H.MI.17]; BLML Maps 3485(33), BOL C17:70 London (207) [1866: H.MI.21]; BLML Maps 3485(39) [1867: H.MI.27]; BLML Maps 3485(44) [H.MI.31, 1869].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, glass, lime/cement, metallurgical processing, ship yards, rope walk, textiles, misc: Numerous represented.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks, Inns of Court
Waterbodies:
shown
Commons:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
flagstaff: Near Blackwall.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Reference system:
squaring: 1-mile: origin at St Pauls, which is slightly north-east of the centre of the map.
Ferries:
ferry: [Horse Ferry].
Cemeteries:
shown: Tinted carmine on this copy.
Ordnance Survey's
1868-1876
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
1894-7
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
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
1848-51
1:1056
1:5280
1:10,560
Skeleton survey
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