London-1887 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22647

Map Date:

? 1887

Repository reference:

CUL Maps.71.88.7

Town name:

Deptford, Greenwich, Chelsea, Fulham, Hampstead, Islington, Kensington, Paddington, Stepney, Camberwell, Lambeth, Marylebone, London, Westminster, Southwark, Hackney, Bermondsey, Hamersmith

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ320811

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3179

Map title:

[Cover:] 'Mason & Payne's Popular Map of, and guide to London.', [map:] 'Mason & Payne's Popular Map of London.'

Comments on map:

Received 15 October 1888 by CUL: Ralph Hyde offers the date 1887. Accompanied by Mason & Payne's Guide to the Metropolis.

Scale:

1:21,120

Map-maker:

Mason & Payne, 41 Cornhill, London, E.C. [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

99.2 x 65.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

Reference system, land-use, postal, transport: Park, Squares, etc; cemeteries; postal boundaries; District & Metropolitan railways and stations; bus and tram routes.

Colouring:

Buildings, water, boundaries, land-use, transport.: Brown tint for buildings, water blue stipple, postal districts solid blue, railways red, parks and squares light green [blue dots over yellow], cemeteries, bus and tram routes yellow.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, piers, boat houses, wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, water works, misc: Filter Beds.

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, central government, Parliament

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, rifle ranges, drill halls, misc.: Victualling Yard, Royal Army Clothing depot.

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, mental, workhouses, misc: Soldiers Home, Licensed Victuallers Asylum.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

postal districts.

Known copies of map:

Ralph Hyde's no.222: BL, BOL C17:70 London (165), CUL Maps.71.88.7, GL, RGS Eng & Wales S.47 [H.222].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, distilling, food/drink, misc: [Distillery, Tar & Turpentine Distillery].

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc, museums, art galleries

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens

Service and professional:

Inns of Court, Bank of England

Road transport:

bus routes: Same depiction (yellow) used for both bus and tram routes.

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

shown partially: [Primrose Hill].

Commons:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Reference system:

distance circles, squaring: Both 0.5-mile, originating at equestrian statue of Charles I at Charing Cross.

Cemeteries:

shown

Street tramways:

routes shown: Same depiction (yellow) used for both bus and tram routes.

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