London-1862 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

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