London-1857 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19556

Map Date:

? 1857

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 3485 (17)

Town name:

Lambeth, London, Westminster, Southwark

Map type:

Miscellaneous

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ320811

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

'London district Post Office map.'

Comments on map:

An extraordinary sight: the map area is printed from 10 different blocks (it seems to be wood-engraved), with everything reversed out. Marginal text is all letterpress. 'Sold at all post offices and respectable stationers' in the United Kingdom.' Postal districts for 'Environs' listed down each side. Quite a lot of detail packed on, but not very striking or legible.

Scale:

1:21,120

Map-maker:

William Nicholson ('late of the G.P.O.'), 4 Wine Office Court, Fleet St, E.C. [design, pb], Edmund Evans, Raquet Court, Fleet St, E.C. [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

69.7 x 53.2 [overall: map 62.0 x 45.5].

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

boundaries: Postal districts: a different colour for each of the ten.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, building infill omitted, public buildings emphasised: Lack of infill, which looks particularly odd when reversed-out.

Canals:

shown

Places of Worship:

principal Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, central government

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

postal districts.

Known copies of map:

H.51: BLML Maps 3485(17) [H.51(1)]; BLML Maps 3485(18), London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [2ed: H.51(2)]; BLML Maps 3485(19) [Improved ed: H.51(3)].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Parkland:

public parks

Service and professional:

banks, Inns of Court

Waterbodies:

shown

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