London-1850 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22882

Map Date:

? 1850

Repository reference:

Bishopsgate Institute, London Collection [accession no. 3471]

Town name:

Blyth, 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:

[Cover:] 'Reynolds's pictorial map of London' [map:] 'Pictorial map of London'.

Comments on map:

The 'pictorial' element is the surrounding vignettes. Dated c.1850 in Bishopgate list.

Scale:

1:22,630

Map-maker:

James Reynolds, 174 Strand, London [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

44.2 x 26.2 [map: 55.0 x 41.3 overall].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Numerous buildings emphasised but not named.

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs, misc: Victualling Office.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

(pictorial)

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, central government, Parliament

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals, drill halls

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, workhouses, misc: Philantroc Institun, Royal Mility Asylum.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish: [Omitted in more built-up parts, e.g. City].

Known copies of map:

Darlington & Howgego's no.417a: Bishopsgate Institute L.18, GL (with24pp guide) [DH417a].

Industry:

engineering, ship yards, paper/print, rope walk, textiles, timber, misc: Glue, Shot.

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, museums, art galleries, misc: Coliseum, Diorama.

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens: With Gun, Bomb, on east side of St James's Park.

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Landowners and occupiers:

misc: Sir H. Taylors Villa [in Regents Park].

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Round sides: eighteen views of notable buildings, etc.

Monuments:

Monuments, statues: [Statue of Duke of Kent, Wellington Monument].

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Grass-ground effect.

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

out-of-town inns only: [Landmarks on roads out of London].

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