London-1851 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22292

Map Date:

1851

Repository reference:

BL 10350.b.22

Town name:

Beverley, 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:

[Split between top and bottom margins:] 'Map of London / 1851.'

Comments on map:

At back of the British Metropolis in 1851, London: Arthur Hall, Virtue, 1851. Darlington & Howgego attribute it to James Reynolds.

Scale:

1:22,000

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

46.7 x 29.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, quays, river stairs, wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown: Not many.

Public buildings:

central government, Parliament

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, volunteer parade grounds, misc.: Gun, Bomb [by Horse Guards Parade].

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, workhouses, misc: Royal Mility Asylum, Philanthroc. Institn.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [London, Southwark, Westminster].

Known copies of map:

Ralph Hyde's no.19: BL 10350.b.22 [in The British Metropolis, Hall Virtue 1851; London as it is today, Clarke 1851], ?BOL G.A.Lond. 8o 81, ?BOL G.A.Lond. 8o 82, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC];

Industry:

paper/print, rope walk

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

museums, art galleries, misc: Great Industrial Exhibition [pictorial].

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks, zoological gardens

Service and professional:

Inns of Court, Bank of England

Waterbodies:

shown

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Ferries:

ferry

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