London-1862 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19570

Map Date:

1862

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 3480 (174)

Town name:

Deptford, Chelsea, Islington, Kensington, Paddington, Lambeth, Marylebone, 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:

'Philip's new plan of London 1862'.

Comments on map:

With letterpress 'Philips' Guide to London', including two-thirds of a page on the Exhibition.

Scale:

1:18,773

Map-maker:

George Philip & Son, London & Liverpool [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

74.7 x 51.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

postal, transport: Postal boundaries, railways.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, piers

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established predominates

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:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

postal districts.

Known copies of map:

H.85: BLML Maps 3480(174), BOL C17:70 London (89), CUL Maps.d.18.G.152, GL [1862: H.85(1)]; PC [1865: H.85(2)]; CUL Maps.d.18.G.150 [1867: H.85(-)]; BLML Maps 3480(206), Bishopsgate Institute L.18 [1868: H.85(3)]; BLML Maps 3480(212), BOL C17:70 London (54) [1870: H.85(4)]; BLML Maps 3480(218) [1871: H.85(5)]; BLML Maps 3480(223), GL [1872: H.85(6)]; BLML Maps 3480(226) [1873: H.85(7)]; BLML Maps 3480(227) [1874: H.85(8)]; BLML Maps 3480(230), GL [1875: H.85(9)]; BLML Maps 12.b.74 [1876: H.85(10)]; GL [1877: H.85(11)]; BLML Maps 3485(69) [1878: H.85(12)]; Kensington Library [1879: H.85(13)]; BLML Maps 4.a.29, BOL C17:70 London (65), CUL Maps.71.88.3 [1880: H.85(14)]; Lambeth-Minet 2/1881/M119 (AP 528) [1881: H.85(15)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18, CUL Maps.c.18.G.297 [1882: H.85(16)]; BLML Maps 3480(252), BOL C17:70 London (28), CUL Maps.71.88.1 [1885: H.85(17)]; CUL Maps.c.71.88.6, PC [1886: H.85(17a)]; Kensington Library, LM [1895.c: H.85(18)]; GL [1900.c].

Industry:

food/drink, uncertain

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, misc: International Exhibition.

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Reference system:

squaring

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