London-1851 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23268

Map Date:

? 1851

Repository reference:

Guildhall Library, La.Pr.Gp.5 k123732x

Town name:

Brackley: St Peter, London, Westminster, Southwark

Map type:

Utility

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ320811

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

'Plan of the principal streets of London, shewing their relative distance from the proposed New Central Cattle Market & from that at Islington.'

Comments on map:

Dated c.1851 by Darlington & Howgego. Principal streets only: only included on grounds of scale and unusual content.

Scale:

1:22,000

Map-maker:

Standidge & Co., Litho, London [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

45.5 x 34.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours

Colouring:

other: Red: mile circles round proposed Central [Smithfield] Market, dots ('Butchers' Shops from which the public are now supplied'); blue: mile circles froom Islington Market.

Road names:

important roads only

Building names:

royal palaces

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks

Places of Worship:

cathedral/principal church only

Public buildings:

Parliament

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Markets and exchanges:

markets: [Cattle markets].

Known copies of map:

Ralph Hyde's no.21: GL La.Pr.Gp.5 k123732x [H.21].

Railways:

routes, named

Parkland:

public parks

Waterbodies:

shown

Retail activity:

limited range: Butchers' shops.

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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