London-1852
CBTM:
22645
Map Date:
? 1852
Repository reference:
CUL Maps.d.18.G.20
Town name:
Chelsea, Islington, Stepney, Lambeth, Rotherhithe, Marylebone, St Pancras, London, Westminster, Southwark, Hackney, Bermondsey
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ320811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3181
Map title:
[Cover:] 'Clarke's new map of London and visitor's guide', [map:] 'Plan of London.'
Comments on map:
For H. & C. Clarke, 252 Strand: with letterpress vistors' guide inside cover, also published by Collins.
Scale:
1:17,124
Map-maker:
E.I. Mitchell, Lovells Ct, Paternoster Row [eng], H.G. Collins, 22 Paternoster Row [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
67.5 x 45.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
other: Twopenny-post and back-fares limit.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Stipple infill: some emphasised buildings unnamed, including city churches.
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, piers, river stairs, wharfs
Sanitary and utility information:
conduits, gas works, reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
incompletely shown
Public buildings:
customs, central government, Parliament
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, blind, hospitals, workhouses, misc: Philanthropic Reform (sic).
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, misc: Twopenny-post and back-fares limit.
Known copies of map:
Ralph Hyde's no.8: BL [1851: H.8(1)]; [BLML Maps 8.d.39
Industry:
bricks/tiles, engineering, ship yards, rope walk, misc: Royal Mint.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations: Including 'Tempy Station' [Maiden Lane, unnamed here] on Gt Northern Raily.
Leisure and entertainment:
misc: Coliseum, Diorama.
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens
Service and professional:
Inns of Court, Bank of England
Landowners and occupiers:
notable residents: [A few in Regents Park].
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies, trade and livery company halls
Relief:
shown partially: [Primrose Hill].
Commons:
shown
Monuments:
obelisks
Miscellaneous transport-related:
[Thames] Tunnel.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Reference system:
squaring: 5 x 4.25-inch rectangles.
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
tea-gardens
Stated measuerments:
other: Dimensions and cost of the 'Industrial Exhibition' building.
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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