London-1851
CBTM:
23247
Map Date:
1851
Repository reference:
Guildhall Library, SL 80 03012188
Town name:
Deptford, Greenwich, Chelsea, Islington, Kensington, Paddington, Stepney, Lambeth, Rotherhithe, Marylebone, St Pancras, London, Westminster, Southwark, Whitechapel, Bermondsey
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ320811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3181
Map title:
'Weale's map of London and its vicinity 1851.'
Comments on map:
At end of London and its vicinity exhibited in 1851 [coloured title], London exhibited in 1851 [letterpress title], London: Weale. n.d. [1851]. The map is a sophisticated job, intaglio-printed, and not a cash-in quickie.
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
John Weale, Architectural Library, 59 High Holborn [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
92.2 x 50.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only, outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Numerous buildings are emphasised but unnamed, including the city churches; City of London hatrching slightly more emphatic.
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, piers, river stairs, wharfs, boat houses, misc: 'T' for piers; Hospital Ship (pictogram) off Greenwich.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
landmarks only: Notable unnamed ones include St Saviours, Southwark.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, central government, Parliament, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals, volunteer parade grounds, misc.: Victualling Office.
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories: [Royal Observatory].
Markets and exchanges:
fairgrounds, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough
Known copies of map:
Ralph Hyde's no.23: BL, ?BOL G.A.Lond.8o 50, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1851: H.23(1)]; Kensington Library [1851c.: H.23(2)]; BL 10350.b.32 [1852: ed 2 OF London exhibited]; CUL Maps.c.71.85.12, Maps.c.18.G.9, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1854: H.23(3)].
Industry:
chemicals, distilling, engineering, food/drink, lime/cement, ship yards, oil/soap etc, rope walk, textiles, timber, uncertain, misc: Mills, factories; Drug Works, Floor Cloth Manufactory, Patent Cable Manufactory, Pot Ash Manufactory, Sail Factory, Mr Cubitt's Yard & Shops.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations, misc: 'Proposed Terminus' at Kings Cross.
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, museums, art galleries, misc: Collosseum, Diorama, Great Exhibition of 1851.
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens
Service and professional:
Inns of Court, Bank of England
Waterbodies:
shown
Relief:
shown partially: [Primrose Hill, and at Greenwich].
Borders:
keyboard type: Without accidentals.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Cemeteries:
shown
Business & commercial:
East India Company
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
out-of-town inns only
Stated measuerments:
other: Distances in river at 0.25-mile intervals above and below London Bridge.
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
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