London-1883 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22192

Map Date:

? 1883

Repository reference:

BOL C17:70 London (249)

Town name:

Battle, London, Westminster, Southwark

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ320811

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

'London. With chief public buildings'.

Comments on map:

For Ward Lock guide: rather basic. Letterpress index to streets and principal buildings round sides: includes numerous buildings not named on the map proper, e.g. Brompton Oratory.

Scale:

1:22,630

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

46.2 x 34.2 [map: 60.5 x 46.5 overall].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

royal palaces

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some emphasised buildings not named.

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks

Places of Worship:

cathedral/principal church only

Public buildings:

customs, central government, Parliament

Penal:

jails/reformatories: [Jails in plan only].

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

Ralph Hyde's no.200: BOL C17:70 London (249), CUL Maps.D.71.88.1 [H.200].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, museums

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks, zoological gardens

Service and professional:

Inns of Court, Bank of England

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

shown partially: [Primrose Hill].

Monuments:

obelisks

Reference system:

squaring: 0.5-mile.

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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