London-1868
CBTM:
20199
Map Date:
1868
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] RAIL 1034/57
Town name:
Deptford, Greenwich, Hammersmith, Hampstead, Islington, Kensington, Paddington, Stepney, Lambeth, Rotherhithe, Marylebone, London, Westminster, Southwark, Whitechapel
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ320811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3179
Map title:
'London. Drawn & engraved expressly for the Post Office Directory.'
Comments on map:
Possibly a derivative of Exeter 18533.
Scale:
1:21,120
Map-maker:
B.R. Davies, 16 George St, Euston Square [dr, eng], J.M. Johnson & Sons, Printers, 56 Hatton Garden, London [lith], Kelly & Co., Post Office Directory Office, 12 Carey St, London, W.C. [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
91.7 x 68.7
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only, outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Various buildings in more built-up parts emphasised but not named or described.
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, piers
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
principal Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, rifle ranges
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Various suburban reformitories, training establishments, and almshouses, etc.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges: [Not many schools].
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
county, postal districts., misc: County court districts.
Known copies of map:
H.61, H.142: BL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1859: H.61(1)]; BL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Camden London Map Cabinet, Southwark Library Map Draw 4, Map 90 [1860: H.61(2)]; BL, Lambeth-Minet 2/1861/MF [1861: H.61(3)]; BL [1862: H.61(4)]; BL, Camden M268C folding maps, RGS Eng & Wales S.450 [1863: H.61(5)]; BOL C17:70 London (175), Westminster Archives Map Cabinet [1864: H.61(6)]; BLML maps 42.a.49 [with patent index] [1865: H.61(7)]; BL, CUL Maps.18.G.5, GL, Camden folded map [1866: H.61(8)]; BL, Tower Hamlets library map 445 [1867: H.61(9)]; BLML maps 44.b.30, GL [1868: H.61(10)]; ? CUL Maps.c.72.86.5 [Met Goods Confce, 1868, 92 x 67 cm]; BL [1869: H.61(11)]; TNA [PRO] RAIL 1034/57 [1:4:69, Met Goods confce: H.61(12)]; BL, GL [1870: H.61(13)]; BL [1871: H.61(14)]; BL, CUL Maps.c.72.87.9, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Camden folded map [1872: H.61(15)]; BL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1873: H.61(16)]; BL, GL [1874: H.61(17)]; BL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1875: H.61(18)]; BL, Tower Hamlets library map 165 [1876: H.61(19)]; BL, Suffolk RO [Lowestoft] Grubbe [1877: H.61(20)]; BL [1878: H.61(21)]; BL, CUL Maps.c.71.87.10, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Westminster Archives Map Cabt [1879: H.61(22)]; BL, GL [1880: H.61(23)]; BL, BOL C17:70 London (1160), GL [1881: H.61(24)]; [Kensington Library, Tower Hamlets library map 453 [1882: H.61(25)]; CUL Maps.c.71.88.8, GL [1883: H.61(26)]; BL, GL [1884: H.61(27)]; GL, Westminster Archives Map Cabt [1885: H.61(28)]; BL, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], RGS Eng & Wales S.481 [1886: H.61(29)]; BL, Lambeth-Minet 2/1887/MF, Westminster Archives Map Cabt [1887: H.61(30); BL, GL, Lambeth-Minet 2/1888/MF (AP 869), Westminster Archives London maps box 1 [1888: H.61(31)]; BL, CUL Maps.c.71.88.5, GL, Lambeth-Minet 2/1889/MF (AP 870), Westminster Archives Map Cabt A [1889: H.61(32)]; BL, CUL Maps.71.89.12, GL [1890: H.61(33)]; TNA [PRO] RAIL 1034/23 [1:8:90, Met goods: H.61(34)]; BLML Maps 10.a.78, GL [1871: Kelly & Co, pr Johnson: Kelly's guide to London, 1871, 1:21,120, 66.7 x 36.2 (in Kelly's Post Office guide to London, 1871: H.142].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, distilling, food/drink, ship yards, paper/print, rope walk, textiles, timber, misc: Telegraph Cable works: but not much industry shown.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, museums
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks, zoological gardens
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners: [Freehold Land Estates].
Waterbodies:
shown
Relief:
slopes shown
Cemeteries:
shown: 'Catacombs' in Kensal Green cemetery.
Retail activity:
publisher of map: ['Directory Office' in Carey St].
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
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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