London-1851 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22673

Map Date:

1.5.1851

Repository reference:

BOL C17:70 London (270)

Town name:

Chelsea, Lambeth, Rotherhithe, 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:

'A balloon view of London. [As seen from the north.]'

Comments on map:

Rather a borderline case: everything is pictorial, but streets, buildings, etc are named. Scale is very much an average. Pictorial shipping in quantity in river, but no traffic in streets or 'staffage'. Extensive use of 'Egyptian' writing, both upper and lower case. Full name of publisher is John Henry Banks & Co.

Scale:

1:10,560*

Map-maker:

Banks & Co., 4 Little Queen Street, Holborn, London [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

105.0 x 62.3 [view: 107.0 x 66.0 overall].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, piers, river stairs

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

barracks, drill halls

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, misc: Humane Society's House.

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

Ralph Hyde's no.3: BOL C.17:70 London (270), J.Maps 102, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1851: H.3(1)]; BL, GL [1851, + Eff Wil: DH(2)]; GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1851, +KX: H.3(3)]; Bishopsgate Institute, Lambeth-Minet, Senate Ho. [1852.c: H.3(4)]; PC [sold Smith Ellis: H.4(4a)]; BL [10:5:59: H.3(5)], BoL [1859: ?H.3(5)]; GL [10:5:62: H.3(6)];

Industry:

food/drink, misc: Shot Manufactory.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations: Includes Great Northern Railway Terminus [Kings Cross] and Great Northern Railway Station [Maiden Lane]. Pictorial trains but no rails.

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, misc: Coliseum, Crystal Palace, Rotunda.

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks, zoological gardens

Service and professional:

Inns of Court, Bank of England

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

shown partially: [Mound for Primrose Hill: looks contrived].

Monuments:

columns, Monuments, obelisks: [Including Nelson Column, York Column].

Cemeteries:

shown

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