London-1887 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18281

Map Date:

? 1887

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 3480 (202), Maps 3480 (208)

Town name:

Chelsea, Islington, Paddington, 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 3181

Map title:

[3480 (202):] 'Cruchley's railway & commercial map of London'; [3480(208):] 'Reduced Ordnance map of London.' [copy in private collection:] [on cover:] 'Crutchley's Handy Map of London', [on map:] 'Crutchley's New Plan of London'.

Scale:

1:12,672

Map-maker:

G.F. Crutchley, map seller & globe maker, 81 Fleet St [pb: railway & commercial map]; Crutchley, map and globe maker, 81 Fleet St [pb: reduced Ordnance map]; Crutchley; Gall & Inglis, Edinburgh and London. 25, Paternoster Square [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

62.9 x 47.4 [1887.c version].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

piers, river stairs, wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, police, central government: [The police station is on the river, east of Waterloo Bridge].

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, misc.: Military Stores (India) south of Hungerford Bridge.

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, l, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds: ['Lord's New Cricket Ground'].

Public/administrative boundaries:

areas named (no boundaries shown): Postal district letters, but no boundaries; 'St George Hanover Square' written across SW part of map, but no other parish names.

Known copies of map:

Railway & commercial map of L, 1:15,840 [H.103]: Bishopsgate Institute L.18 [1865.c: H.103(1)]; GL [1:4:67: H.103(2)]; BLML Maps 3480(202) [n.d.: H.103(3)]. Reduced Ordnance map, 1:12,672 [H.121; extracted from DH320]: BOL J.Maps 34 ['1867': 'Gall & Inglis']; BLML Maps 3480(208), GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1868.c: H.121(1)]; BOL C17:70 London (324) CUL Maps.71.86.17 [1869.c: H.121(2)]; BOL C17:70 London (56) [1869]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18, CUL Maps.71.87.31, Acton.d.25.677 [1872: H.121(3)]; GL [1872.c: H.121(4)]; BLML Maps 3480(224) [1872.c: H.121(5)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18 [1874: H.121(?5-6)]; BLML Maps 3480(232), GL [1875.c: H.121(6)]; BL, GL, Lambeth-Minet 2/[c.1875]/M163 [1875.c: H.121(7)]; Southwark Library Draw 3, Map 260 [1878.c: H.121(8)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18 [1880: H.121(8-9??)]; LM [1884.c: DH.121(9)]; CUL Maps.c.72.89.9 [1892.c: 89 x 69 cm] .

Industry:

chemicals, textiles

Railways:

routes, named, rails, passenger stations: Some underground lines shown only by colour tint, but inner circle route is complete in its eastern section.

River and foreshore features:

foreshore, foreshore material specified: ['Sand Bank' east of Waterloo Bridge].

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

prominent hills

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Reference system:

squaring: 0.5-mile squaring with border left and right A to G, bottom border H to Q.

Cemeteries:

shown

Stated measuerments:

other: Mileages in river from London Bridge.

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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