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London-1862

CBTM:
19561
Map Date:
? 1862
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3480 (359)
Town name:
Appledore, London, Westminster, Southwark
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ320811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3181
Map title:
[Cover, in grass-green, on back of BLML copy:] 'The strangers guide a new map of London; coloured [vignette of 1862 exhibition building] one shilling Darton & Hodge 58 Holborn Hill'[map:] 'Plan of London.'
Comments on map:
The 1862 exhibition is shown, as an extrusion, suggesting an opportunistic reworking of an existing plate which unfarsightedly didn't extend far enough west. Accompanied by a 16-page 'The handbook of London', no title-page or date.
Scale:
1:15,840*
Map-maker:
Darton & Hodge, 58 [Holborn Hill, London] [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
66.2 x 45.7
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
roads, water, other: Parks green, cemeteries yellow, railway stations and depots pink: added by hand.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, river stairs
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
principal Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, central government
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, postal districts.
Known copies of map:
H.78: BLML Maps 3480(359) [1862.c: H.78(1)]; BLML Maps 3480(254) [1864: H.78(2)].
Industry:
chemicals, engineering, ship yards, rope walk, misc: White Lead.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
misc: International Exhibition.
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Ferries:
ferry: [Horse Ferry].
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
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