London-1849
CBTM:
19543
Map Date:
1849
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3480 (134)
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:
'Chat's map of London 1849'.
Comments on map:
Wood-engraved, apparently on 10 blocks. Buildings indicated by black blocks, with wide streets: evidently designed for the Victorian equivalent of Sun readers.
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
A.H. Shepherd, Wood Engraver, 53 Bayham St South, Camden Town, London [eng], Thomas Wilks, 'Chat' Office, 304 Strand, 'for the proprietors' [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
76.3 x 41.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills, (unspecified type)
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
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, orphanages, workhouses
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
DH417: BLML Maps 3480(134).
Industry:
chemicals, ship yards, misc: Pearl Ash.
Railways:
routes, named
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens
Waterbodies:
shown
Reference system:
squaring
Cemeteries:
shown
Retail activity:
publisher of map: [Chat Office].
Stated measuerments:
other: Note on Isle of Dogs that is seven feet below high water.
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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