London-1847 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

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