London-1877
CBTM:
18282
Map Date:
? 1877
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3480 (240), Maps 24.aa.19, Maps 3480 (264), Maps 3.a.66
Town name:
Leyton, Walthamstow, Deptford, Greenwich, Chelsea, Hammersmith, Islington, Kensington, Paddington, Stepney, Tottenham, Lambeth, Marylebone, London, Westminster, Southwark
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ320811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3083
Map title:
[H.164 is untitled]. H.160A(1): 'Bacon's new map of London, divided into half-mile squares and circles'; Maps 3.a.66: 'Bacon's pocket atlas of London'. [Private collection:] [on cover:] 'Bacon's New Shilling Map of London and illustrated guide', [on map:] 'Bacon's New Map of London, divided into half mile squares and circles'.
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
G.W. Bacon, 127 Strand, London [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
125.0 x 145.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
general legend: Includes board schools, county courts, police courts, and light-bulb-like symbol for theatres.
Road names:
generally: Street names mixture of serif and sans-serif: latter may be changes or additions.
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills, watermills
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
piers: [Not many piers, etc].
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Mostly shown by crosses.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, central government
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, l, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges: Including board schools.
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses, sports grounds: [Streatham Steeple Chase Course].
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, postal districts., Parish, misc: School board and parochial districts; [parishes omitted in City of London].
Known copies of map:
H.160: a very large group: the titles most used are 'Bacon's new map of London', 'Bacon's new map of London, divided into half mile squares and circles', and 'Bacon's new shilling map of London'. Ralph Hyde sorts them by size: [H.160A], 80 x 60: PC [1874: H.160A( )]; [1875: H.160A( )]; PC BLML Maps 24.aa.19, GL [1876.c: H.160A(1)]; Bishopsgate Institute, Kensington Library [1878.c: H.160A(2)]; CUL Maps.d.18.G.26 [1879.c: H.160A(3)];
Industry:
chemicals, food/drink, ship yards, rope walk, misc: Cable Works: all the noticeable industry is around the lower River Lea, and just opposite around Greenwich Marshes.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground: 'Gates' named around Hyde Park.
Service and professional:
banks
Road transport:
bus routes
Waterbodies:
shown
Commons:
shown
Borders:
decorative
Reference system:
squaring: Similar system used on all but the atlas, so that the letters and figures only appear 'complete' on Ralph Hyde's no.164, though even here they have to be extended 'artificially' westward and southward; no doubt this enabled Bacon to effect typesetting economies with his indexes.
Cemeteries:
shown
Walls, embankments, etc:
Rural field boundaries.
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
1868-1876
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
1894-7
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
1868-1876
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
1894-7
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
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
1848-51
1:1056
1:5280
1:10,560
Skeleton survey
1848-51
1:1056
1:5280
1:10,560
Skeleton survey
1848-51
1:1056
1:5280
1:10,560
Skeleton survey
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