London-1862 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19568

Map Date:

1862

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 3485 (21)

Town name:

Ashford, 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:

'Exhibition map of London, with the omnibus routes and cab fares, 1862.'

Comments on map:

Note along bottom of map: 'The figures on the map shew the cab fare to the Exhibition (Eastern Entrance) also the approximate distance, thus 2/6d. at 6d. per mile = 5 miles.' All buildings shown by circles and named in sans-serif; principal streets only, at density more appropriate to 1:126,720: clean-cut look.

Scale:

1:10,560*

Map-maker:

Smith & Son, 172 Strand [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

76.0 x 58.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

roads, water, land-use, other: Stations, public buildings etc disks carmine, parks green.

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established predominates: [R.C. cathedral in Lambeth].

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, central government

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, l, orphanages

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds: [Lords Cricket Ground].

Known copies of map:

H.87: BLML Maps 3485(21), BOL C17:70 London (49), CUL Maps 72.86.13 [H.87].

Industry:

food/drink: [Barclays Brewery].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations, projected or otherwise unbuilt lines: Metropolitan Railway shown as though complete; lines to Charing Cross, Cannon St and Blackfriars pecked.

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks

Service and professional:

banks

Road transport:

misc: Cab fares.

Waterbodies:

shown

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

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