London-1851
CBTM:
18280
Map Date:
1851
Repository reference:
CUL Atlas.4.86.7
Town name:
Greenwich, Chelsea, Islington, Kensington, Paddington, Stepney, Camberwell, Lambeth, Marylebone, St Pancras, London, Westminster, Southwark, Whitechapel
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ320811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3080
Map title:
[Cover [from Hyde:]] 'Tallis's Illustrated Plan of London 1851'; [Map:] 'Tallis's Illustrated Plan of London and its Environs, in commemoration of The Great Exhibition of Industry of All Nations, 1851'.
Comments on map:
Scale measured as 2.32 inches to 1 mile, which is 1:27,310: this does not 'rationalise' easily. [Ralph Hyde gives the scale as 2.375 inches to 1 mile, i.e. 1:26,677: this is rather over-large for 1:23,760, i.e. 1 inch to 30 chains, but could be 1:26,400, 2.4 inches (or 0.2 foot) to 1 mile.] Numerous public &c buildings apparently shown, but very few are described, so that even Buckingham Palace and St Pauls must be inferred from 'Palace Gardens' and 'St Pauls Churchyard' respectively. Originally issued with Parts 53 and 54 of Tallis's Illustrated atlas and modern history of the world.
Scale:
1:27,310
Map-maker:
J. Rapkin [dr, eng], H. Lacey [dr & engr illns], John Tallis & Company, London & New York [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
74.3 x 55.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, piers
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, water works
Places of Worship:
cathedral/principal church only
Penal:
jails/reformatories: [Millbank Penitentiary shown in especial detail].
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough
Known copies of map:
Bishopsgate Institute L.18, BLML Maps 3479(51), GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Lambeth-Minet 2/1851/M47 (AP 612); CUL Atlas 4.86.7,s [in atlas, 1860]; RGS Eng & Wales S.574 [Whitehall Press, 1977]; Tower Hamlets library map 2144 [Oxford Cartographers, 1980s]; Camden 85.23 1851 [col repro: date?]; Hammersmith & Fulham F910 TAL [1990: Cook Hammond & Kell]; BOL C17:70 London (1513) [1993: Geonex].
Industry:
misc: Cable Works [at Bow].
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations: Has Goods and Coal Depot to north-north-west of Kings Cross, and extension of Paddington station to Praed St.
Leisure and entertainment:
misc: Exhibition of Industry.
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
49 minature views round border, with Crystal Palace bottom centre, balancing title cartouche top centre.
Commons:
shown
Reference system:
distance circles: 3 miles from Post Office.
Cemeteries:
shown: Tinted green, as parks.
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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