London-1874 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18293

Map Date:

1874

Repository reference:

Devon & Exeter Institution [open access]

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 3179

Map title:

'Wyld's New Plan of London and its vicinity'.

Comments on map:

Looks as though photo-reduced from a larger map: related to Darlington & Howgego 415, Wyld's London environs mapping of 1848 [Exeter 19534, 19546]. Scale measured as 3.65 inches to 1 mile (1:17,358).

Scale:

1:17,358

Map-maker:

James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen, 457 West Strand, 11 & 12 Charing Cross, & 2 Royal Exchange, London [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

110.0 x 59.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

transport: Railways in operation and 'in progress'.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown: Churches highlighted in black, but not many are identified other than, e.g., St Pauls.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative: Public buildings highlighted in black, but not many are identified other than, e.g. Guildhall.

Defence and military:

rifle ranges: At Kilburn Vale.

Public/administrative boundaries:

postal districts., Parish

Known copies of map:

Bishopsgate Institute L.18, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1867: H.119(1)]; CUL Maps.c.18.G.39, GL [1869: H.119(2)]; CUL Maps.C.71.87.9, GL [1870: H.119(3)]; CUL Maps.C.71.87.4, GL, Kensington Library, Hackney Archives [1872: H.119(4)]; CUL Maps.C.71.87.18, Devon & Exeter Institution [1874: between states 4 & 5]; DEI [between states 4 & 5]; PC [1875: H.119(4a)]; CUL Maps.c.71.87.8, [1876: H.119(5)]

Industry:

shown: Numerous examples identified along Thames.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Miscellaneous:

Rural part has sundry minor details, e.g. 'The Spring Well' on Clapham Common. Numbers on face of map are not explained, but may be a relic of whatever its source was.

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

Bank of England

Waterbodies:

shown

Commons:

shown

Reference system:

squaring: 0.5-mile.

Other land-uses & land-cover:

marsh/wetland

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