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London-1852

CBTM:
19535
Map Date:
3.6.1852
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3480 (22)
Town name:
Deptford, Greenwich, Chelsea, Hampstead, Islington, Kensington, Stepney, Lambeth, London, Westminster, Southwark
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ320811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3179
Map title:
'Wylds new plan of London for 1852' [sic].
Comments on map:
Very 'crowded' look: includes rural field boundaries with 'hedges'. Intaglio printed: the quality is somewhat let down by the way new railways since initial publication in 1844 have been superimposed.
Scale:
1:21,120
Map-maker:
Jas Wyld, Geographer to the Queen and H.R.H. Prince Albert, Charing Cross East [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
72.2 x 57.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, building infill omitted, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills, watermills, (symbol): [Windmills shown by asterisk on inverted T].
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, piers, river stairs: Includes Proposed Collier Docks on Isle of Dogs.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established predominates: Many apparently indicated but not named.
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
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Parish: [No parishes shown in City of London].
Known copies of map:
DH388: BOL J.Maps 36, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1844: DH388(1)]; BL, BOL (E)C17:70 London (271), CUL Maps.71.84.1, GL [1845: DH388(2)]; Step.P.L. [1846: DH388(2a)]; GL [1848: DH388(3)]; Kensington Library [1849: DH388(4)]; PC [1850: DH388(4a)]; ULL [1851: DH388(add.1)]; BLML Maps 3480(22) [1852: not in DH or H]; GL [1854: DH388(5) (+add.2)]; BTHR [1856: DH388(add.3)]; PC [1858: DH388(add.4)]; NLS (Newman 567) [3:1:61: DH388(add.4a)]; [1866.c: DH388(add.5)]; PC [: DH388(add.5a)]; GL [1878: DH388(add.6)]; CUL Maps.c.72.88.2 [1885]; Barnet [1886: DH388(add.7)]; CUL Maps.c.18.G.94 [1887]; PC [1888: DH388(add.8)].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, lime/cement, metallurgical processing, ship yards, rope walk, furniture/pottery, textiles: All types well represented: considerable industrial activity shown all over the map.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations: Sometimes superimposition over old detail is very evident, as at 'Terminus' [Bricklayers Arms].
Miscellaneous:
Detail often more characteristic of Ordnance Survey 1:10,560.
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Commons:
shown
Borders:
decorative
Reference system:
squaring
Ferries:
ferry: [Horse Ferry].
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown, tea-gardens
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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