London-1851 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19545

Map Date:

? 1851

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 3480 (137)

Town name:

Deptford, Greenwich, 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:

'Nouveau plan de Londres', 'Wyld's new plan of London', 'Neuer plan von London'.

Comments on map:

Preprinted sectioning. Scale statements in English, French and German, though no metric scales. Looks as though could derive from wood-engraving. Possibly a simplification from Exeter 19546: cheap-&-cheerful-looking.

Scale:

1:16,896

Map-maker:

James Wyld, Geoegrapher to the Queen and H.R.H. Prince Albert, Charing Cross East (opposite Northumberland Street), London [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

94.7 x 55.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

general legend: Multi-lingual.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

piers, river stairs, wharfs

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, mental, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

H.25: BL, CUL Maps.71.85.7, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1851: H.25(1)]; BOL G.A.Lond.8o 84/1 [1851: in The London conductor]; BLML Maps 3480(137) [?25(3)] [1851: H.25(2)]; BL [1851: H.25(3)]; Tower Hamlets library map 405 [1851]; BLML Maps 3480(21) [1852: H.25(4)]; BLML Maps 2.a.3, CUL Maps.d.18.G.36 [1853: H.25(5)]; LM [1855: H.25(6)]; GL [1856: H.25(7)]; BLML Maps 3485(15) [1857: H.25(8)]; Bishopsgate Institute [1860: H.25(9)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18, GL [1862: H.25(10)]; Tower Hamlets library map 388 [c.1862]; Southwark Library Draw 2, Map 72 [1863: H.25(11)]; CUL Maps.D.71.86.2 [1864/5: H.25(12)]; PC [1866: H.25(12a)]; CUL, Southwark Library Map Draw 2, Map 223 [1868: H.25(13)]; CUL Maps.c.71.86.2, IHR [1869: H.25(14)]; PC [1870: H.25(14a)]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1874: H.25(15)]; BOL J.Maps 52, J.Maps 53 [1876/7: H.25(16)].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc, misc: Crystal Palace.

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens

Service and professional:

banks, Inns of Court

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Eleven vignettes in border.

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