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London-1851

CBTM:
22186
Map Date:
? 1851
Repository reference:
BOL C17:70 London (93)
Town name:
Bath: St Michael, 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:
'Payne's illustrated plan of London'.
Comments on map:
'Published for the proprietors by A.H. Payne Dresden & Leipzig'. bottom centre: no other author or publisher statements. Dated 1846 in Bodleian cards, but this version shows 'Crystal Palace Industrie Ausstellung' in Hyde Park, and also the Great Northern Railway.
Scale:
1:14,400*
Map-maker:
A.H. Payne, Dresden & Leipzig [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
76.0 x 42.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some buildings emphasised but unnamed.
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, river stairs
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
cathedral/principal church only
Public buildings:
central government, Parliament
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, misc: Philanthropic Soc., Royal Military Asylum.
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
uncertain: Possibly boroughs.
Known copies of map:
Darlington & Howgego no.402: BL [1846c.: DH402(1)]; Tower Hamlets library map 367 [c.1846]; BOL C17:70 London (93), Wes.P.L. [1851.c: DH402(add.1)]; BOL G.A.Lond.8o 236 (6) [1851: in Ein woche in London...]; Kensington Library [1853: DH402(2)(+add.2)].
Industry:
engineering, food/drink, paper/print, oil/soap etc, timber, misc: Shot, White Lead, Salt Petre, Glue.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
museums, misc: Colosieum, Crystal Palace.
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens
Service and professional:
Inns of Court
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top right: London from Hampstead Heath; bottom centre: Houses of Parliament.
Relief:
shown partially: [Primrose Hill].
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Reference system:
squaring: 1.97-inch.
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
out-of-town inns only
Stated measuerments:
other: Note on Isle of Dogs that is seven feet below high water.
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
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