London-1861 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22099

Map Date:

21.6.1861

Repository reference:

CUL Maps.31.86.46

Town name:

Greenwich, Chelsea, Islington, Kensington, Paddington, Stepney, Lambeth, Marylebone, London, Westminster, Southwark, Shoreditch

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ320811

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

'Plan of the cities of London & Westminster the boroughs of Marylebone, Finsbury, Tower Hamlets, Southwark, & Lambeth.'

Comments on map:

Inset on sheets 19 and 20 of 'Clarke's Railway and Steam Navigation Map of the United Kingdom of Gt. Britain & Ireland, the Isle of Man & Channel Islands, and part of the Empire of France... by Samuel Clarke, C.E., F.R.G.S.... 1860'. Inset plans: top left, Dublin; top right, Edinburgh; bottom left, London; bottom right, Paris. Printing information on sheets 19 and 21, where '27' and publication date have been pasted on.

Scale:

1:21,120

Map-maker:

Samuel Clarke, C.E., F.R.G.S., 27 Upper Brook St, Ipswich [author, pb], S.H. Cowell, Ipswich [pr].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

59.2 x 40.8

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

general highlighting of district, transport.: Hand-coloured; railways multi-coloured.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only, outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, jetties, piers, naval dockyards, river stairs, wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, water works

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, police, central government

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, blind, deaf & dumb, hospitals, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Philanthropic Institution, Asylum.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories: [Royal Observatory].

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

uncertain: May be boroughs.

Known copies of map:

[Not in Ralph Hyde.] BOL C15(87), CUL Maps.31.86.46 [railway & steam navigation map]; BOL C15(87A) [geological map].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, oil/soap etc, rope walk, textiles, timber, uncertain, misc: Factory, Cable Factories, Vitriol Factory, Mr Cubitt's Yd & Shops, White Lead Works.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown, market gardens, nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, museums, art galleries, misc: Colessium, Pantheon.

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Inns of Court, Bank of England

Landowners and occupiers:

industrial owners

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies, trade and livery company halls

Relief:

shown partially: [Primrose Hill].

Monuments:

statues

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Dedicee of map:

[Main map: The proprietors, directors and officials of the railway & steam packet companies, shipowners, and merchants of the United Kingdom.]

Business & commercial:

East India Company

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

out-of-town inns only: [A few riverside ones].

Miscellaneous religious group:

Convent.

Stated measuerments:

other: A few mileages by railway stations.

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

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