London-1847
CBTM:
19440
Map Date:
1847
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3480 (14)
Town name:
Abbots Bromley, 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:
'Smith's new map of London'.
Comments on map:
Nicely engraved, but in general not strikingly original. BLML copy extended west to include Paddington Station.
Scale:
1:17,600
Map-maker:
I. Archer, Pentonville [dr, eng], C. Smith & Son, 172 Strand [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
62.0 x 40.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
colours
Colouring:
boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills, (symbol): Some shown by circle-plus-cross.
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, piers, wharfs: [Stairs named; T-symbol for river piers].
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established predominates
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, central government
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough: [London, Westminster, Southwark].
Known copies of map:
DH328: GL [1830: DH328(1)]; CUL Maps.D.71.83.4 [1834: 63 x 33 cm: ?DH328]; Kensington Library [1846: DH328(2)]; BLML Maps 3480(14) [not in DH: 1847]; GL, Kensington Library [1847: DH328(3)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18, BL [1853.c: DH328(4)]; BLML Maps 3480(28), ?BOL C17:70 London (96) [1854: DH328(add.1); Bishopsgate Institute, CUL [1856.c: DH328(add.2)]; BLML Maps 3480(151), ?BOL C17:70 London (88) [1858.c: DH328(add.3)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18 [1860.c: DH328(4a)]; BLML Maps 3480(169) [1861: DH328(5)]; BLML Maps 3480(180), GL [1862: DH328(6), ?DH328(add.4)]; BLML Maps 3480(181), 3480(176) [indicator map], BOL C17:70 London (51) [indicator map], BOL C17:70 London (52), CUL Maps.D.71.86.1 [1862: DH328(add.5)]; CUL Maps.71.96.18 [1862: 60 x 37 cm]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18, GL [1864: DH328(add.6)]; BLML Maps 3480(213) [1870.c: DH328(add.7)] [some entries may be confused with DH 407].
Industry:
engineering, food/drink, ship yards, paper/print, uncertain, rope walk, textiles, timber
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks, Inns of Court
Waterbodies:
shown
Borders:
distance-graduated type: 1 mile graduations.
Reference system:
squaring: 1 mile graduations in margin, related to origin at St Pauls: mimicks Gardner [Exeter 19434].
Cemeteries:
shown
Geodetic notes:
Squaring and compass points (32) outside frame give the map a 'scientific' look.
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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