London-1862 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18534

Map Date:

1862

Repository reference:

University of Exeter Geography Department

Town name:

Chelsea, Paddington, Stepney, Lambeth, Marylebone, London, Westminster, Southwark, Whitechapel

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ320811

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3179

Map title:

[Main title:] 'London, Guide to the International Exhibition 1862.' [At top of map:] 'Supplement to the Illustrated London News, May 24, 1862.'

Comments on map:

Seems to be intaglio woodblock-printed, which is consonant with Illustrated London News practice at this period, and there are some obvious joins between blocks, e.g. running through Battersea Park. Unlike the Cassell map (H.74: Exeter 18279), this is bland rather than offensive.

Scale:

1:15,840

Map-maker:

John Dower [dr, eng], Illustrated London News [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

105.75 x 77.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

transport: Railways open & 'constructing'.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Not many 'public buildings'.

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, piers

Places of Worship:

principal Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, central government, Parliament

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, workhouses, misc: Naval Asylum at Greenwich.

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

H.82. Bishopsgate Institute L.18; BL, CUL Maps.71.86.8, Maps.aa.18.G.13, Maps.c.18.G.261, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Camden M75C [oversize], Lambeth-Minet 2/1862/M3 (AP 633), RGS Eng & Wales S.30, Southwark Library Map Cabt 2, Map 584, Tower Hamlets library map 461, Westminster Archives L.13(1862), Westminster Archives Box 66 no.23-24.

Railways:

routes, passenger stations

Gardens:

market gardens

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, misc: Exhibition.

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens: [Pleasure gardens, including the former Vauxhall Gardens].

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

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