London-1857 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22212

Map Date:

1857

Repository reference:

BOL G.A. fol. A 75

Town name:

Beeston, London

Map type:

Insurance

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ328809

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

'Loveday's London Waterside Surveys, for the use of fire insurance companies, merchants, brokers, agents, wharfingers, granary keepers &c. Showing, in consecutive order, the whole of the wharves & granaries with the buildings connected therewith, situate on the banks of the Thames, South, from London Bridge to Globe Granary, Rotherhithe

Comments on map:

Adequately described by its title: only covers waterfronts and adjoining premises. Letterpress introduction says that took him two and a half years and follows on from a previous survey between London Bridge and Blackfriars Bridge; intended to lessen correspondence and provide immediate assessment of risk. 'In conclusion, it is fairly hoped, that by the general use of this Work, a system of correspondence may be established, which will materially LESSEN LABOUR,

Scale:

1:360

Map-maker:

James Thomas Loveday, Surveyor of Risks, Phoenix Fire Office, London [author, pb, sell], T. Morrow, 3 Walbrook Buildings, City [lith, pr], Richardson Brothers, 23 Cornhill, E.C. [sell].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

37 x 27 [page-size: x 55], 37 x 53 [x 2: double sheets], 53 x 27 [x 4] [plus letterpress].

Number of parts:

61

Legends:

general legend: In introduction: solid and pecked lines; colours.

Colouring:

Buildings, water: Hand-coloured. Pink: brick; light brown: brick & timber; yellow: timber; light pink: passage under building; blue: water and glass.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished: Counting-houses, sky-lights, iron-cased doors, cellars, numbers of floors and a few chimneys noted.

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, quays, wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

customs

Known copies of map:

BOL G.A.Fol.A75, CUL Atlas.4.85.11.

Industry:

chemicals, food/drink, metallurgical processing, ship yards, oil/soap etc, timber, misc: Warehouses, granaries, boilers, horse wheels, forges, tar kettles and pots, oil vats.

Landowners and occupiers:

holdings/occupiers, fragmentary for location purposes: [Adjoining owners or occupiers].

Waterbodies:

shown

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Thames Tunnel, external public stairs.

Cemeteries:

shown

Retail activity:

shown generally: As 'shops'.

Dedicee of map:

The Board of Directors of the Phoenix Fire Office.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

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