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London-1872

CBTM:
22646
Map Date:
? 1872
Repository reference:
CUL Maps.d.18.G.21
Town name:
Deptford, Greenwich, Chelsea, Fulham, Islington, Kensington, Paddington, Stepney, Battersea, Lambeth, Marylebone, St Pancras, London, Westminster, Southwark, Bermondsey
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ320811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3179
Map title:
'W.H. Smith & Son's plan of London'.
Comments on map:
Unquestionably Bartholomew, but no note of this appears, which is odd. Dating supported by the East London line from Wapping past Bishopsgate to site of Liverpool Street being shown as authorised.
Scale:
1:20,375
Map-maker:
[Bartholomew [author, pr]], W.H. Smith & Son, 186 Strand, London [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
80.5 x 56.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
transport: Railways, including underground, authorised and tramways.
Colouring:
water, boundaries, land-use, transport.: Tint plates rather out of register.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, piers, wharfs, misc: Warehouses.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Mostly as 'Ch' or 'Cha'.
Public buildings:
central government, Parliament
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, magazines/arsenals, rifle ranges
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Licensed Victuallers Asylum., Emigration Depot
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
auctions, bazaars, exchanges, markets, misc: [Sale Rooms].
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
postal districts.
Known copies of map:
Ralph Hyde's no.147: CUL Maps.d.18.G.21, GL [H.147].
Industry:
distilling, food/drink, ship yards
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
horticultural gardens: [Horticultural Society's Gardens].
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc, art galleries, misc: Coliseum, Tussauds Exhib.
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens
Service and professional:
Inns of Court, Bank of England, newspaper offices
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
unspecified
Relief:
shown partially: [Primrose Hill, Telegraph Hill].
Monuments:
memorials, Monuments: [Nelsons Mt, Albert Memorial].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Authorised New Road, Authorised Subway [Millwall-Deptford].
Reference system:
squaring: 1.0-mile.
Cemeteries:
shown
Street tramways:
routes 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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