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London-1862

CBTM:
18279
Map Date:
? 1862
Repository reference:
Devon RO 1037 M/Z2/1/9
Town name:
London, Westminster, Southwark
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ320811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3080
Map title:
[Whole width of the top:] 'MAP OF LONDON published with CASSELL'S FAMILY PAPER.'
Comments on map:
Ralph Hyde's no.74, where he says that issued with Cassell's illustrated family paper, new series, vol IX, no.233, 17 May 1862: available for 1d to all subscribers presenting tickets given in the previous three issues. Engraved on four plates, not very well joined. A real stomach-churner.
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
Fetter & Galpin, London, E.C. [pr], Cassell, Fetter, and Galpin, London [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
80.6 x 64.7
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Building names:
royal palaces: Separate mews at Buckingham Palace.
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
water works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Public/administrative boundaries:
postal districts.
Known copies of map:
BOL C17:70 London (13) [with 6 maps of suburbs], CUL Maps.c.71.86.3, Devon RO 1037 M/Z2/1/9.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations: Solid lines for those open, open for those under construction: Waterloo to London Bridge, from south to Elephant: no sign of the Metropolitan; West London Extension and line to Victoria both solid.
Leisure and entertainment:
misc: International Exhibition at Kensington-Brompton (on cross-hatched ground: not very legible).
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown
Reference system:
squaring: 1-mile squares, with origin at St Pauls.
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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