London-1877 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

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