London-1862 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19562

Map Date:

1862

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 3480 (171)

Town name:

Deptford, Greenwich, Lambeth, 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:

'Welland's new plan of London. Compiled from the latest surveys.'

Comments on map:

Decidedly simpified mapping, but street pattern is reasonably complete.

Scale:

1:19,008

Map-maker:

George Welland, 7 King St, High Holborn, London W.C. [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

76.5 x 54.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs

Places of Worship:

cathedral/principal church only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, central government

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, mental, orphanages

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

postal districts.

Known copies of map:

H.94: BLML Maps 3480(171), BOL C17:70 London (247), CUL Maps.71.86.2 [H.94].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Reference system:

squaring: 1-mile: origin at Charing Cross.

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