London-1867 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23328

Map Date:

1.5.1867

Repository reference:

Westminster Archives 942.11 (86)

Town name:

Chelsea, Camberwell, Lambeth, Marylebone, St Pancras, 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:

'Cab fare map of London.'

Comments on map:

At back of Cruchley's London in 1867: a handbook for strangers, London: Cruchley, n.d. It presumably reuses one of Cruchley's other plates. It could be a very early example of photo-reduction: the plate has been made up in several sections, and the general image is 'gritty'.

Scale:

1:16,896

Map-maker:

G.F. Cruchley, Map Seller & Globe Maker, 81 Fleet St, London [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

52.8 x 48.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some buildings, e.g. City churches, emphasised but not named.

Mills:

windmills: [Windmills indicated by open circles].

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, piers, river stairs, wharfs, misc: Warehouses.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

landmarks only: City churches shown, but not named.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, central government

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals, misc.: Guard Ho., Military Store Depot.

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Public/administrative boundaries:

postal districts., Parish: [Parish boundaries seem to be shown, faintly, outside the City of London].

Known copies of map:

Ralph Hyde's no.110: BL 10349.aa.15, Westminster Archives [H.110].

Industry:

distilling, engineering, food/drink, textiles, misc: Floor Cloth, Glue, Royal Mint, Shot, Terra Cotta.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, level crossings, motive power depots, named, passenger stations

River and foreshore features:

foreshore, foreshore material specified: [The Sand Bank].

Gardens:

shown: [Outlying: mostly probably market gardens].

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, museums, misc: Coliseum.

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens: With Gymnasium in Albert Park, Primrose Hill.

Service and professional:

Inns of Court, Bank of England

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

shown partially: [Primrose Hill].

Monuments:

obelisks, statues

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Reference system:

squaring: 0.5-mile.

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

out-of-town inns only

Stated measuerments:

other: Mileages from London Bridge in river.

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

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