London-1857 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23288

Map Date:

1857

Repository reference:

Guidhall Library La. Pr. Gp. 5 k1306706

Town name:

Chelsea, Islington, Stepney, 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 3181

Map title:

'Payne's plan of London.'

Comments on map:

There is a note in the Guildhall Library's interleaved copy of Ralph Hyde that this map is related to his number 84a.

Scale:

1:15,840*

Map-maker:

A.H. Payne, Leipzig & Dresden [pr, pb], J. Hagger, 67 Paternoster Row, London [sell].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

74.5 x 48.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Quite a number of buildings emphasised but unnamed.

Mills:

windmills

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, piers, naval dockyards, river stairs, wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

cathedral/principal church only, landmarks only

Public buildings:

central government

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, misc.: Victualling Office.

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Public/administrative boundaries:

postal districts.

Known copies of map:

Ralph Hyde's no.41: London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1855: H.41(1)]; GL La.Pr.Gp.5 k1306706 [1857: H.41(2)].

Industry:

engineering, food/drink, paper/print, misc: Shot, White Lead.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

museums, misc: Coliseum.

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks, zoological gardens

Service and professional:

Bank of England

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

shown partially: [Primrose Hill].

Commons:

shown

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Reference system:

squaring: 0.5-mile.

Cemeteries:

shown

Stated measuerments:

other: Note that Isle of Dogs is seven feet below high water.

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