London-1888

19572

? 1888

BLML Maps 19.a.15, Maps 3480 (261), Maps 2.a.59

Barking, Ilford, Leyton, Deptford, Greenwich, Woolwich, Chelsea, Hammersmith, Islington, Kensington, Paddington, Stepney, Tottenham, Lambeth, Marylebone, London, Westminster, Southwark, Hackney

General Purpose

whole built-up area

TQ320811

TQ 3083

['Library' map:] 'Philips' new library map of London and its environs.'; ['Ordinary' map:] 'Philips' new map of London. Extending four and a half miles round Charing Cross'; [atlas:] 'Philips' Handy-volume atlas of London'.

Both the Library version [BM RD 5:88] and the ordinary version [BM RD 5:8:87] are accompanied by letterpress indexes; that for the library map includes 'environs' but omits 'library' from its title. Atlas is published by Philip, London & Liverpool, and is dated 1891: basic map area 16.5 x 12.5 cm, increased to 19.2 x 16.0 by the broad overlaps and border. Supplementary smaller-scale maps of County of London with boroughs, geology, railways, environs of London, Kew Gardens, London zoo, environs of Richmond, Epping Forest, Windsor Park, Thames from Kew to Oxford with small plans of Henley on Thames and Oxford; original soft cover had the Seal of the London County Council, 1889, in gold on a red ground. Letterpress sections: lists of public buildings, cab fares, information on steamboats and buses, 'general index'; maps are on guards, so a high-quality job. Scales have been measured from the scale-bars and the squaring, which yields about 3.08-3.11 inches; the 'New map' cover says the scale is 3 inches.

1:20,375

George Philip, London & Liverpool [pb].

lithographed

137.5 x 107.5 [86.0 x 75.5].

1

roads, water, boundaries, land-use, transport., other: Roads, water and parks hand-coloured, as are railway stations. ['New map' uncoloured; atlas has light brown ground-tint inside red overlap-lines, red tramways, green parks & open spaces, blue water].

generally

generally

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

windmills, watermills

shown

docks, piers, river stairs

gas works, reservoirs, water works

Anglican/established predominates

town hall/administrative, customs, central government

jails/reformatories

castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals: [Woolwich Arsenal shown in full detail].

almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses

schools, further educational/colleges

exchanges, markets

sports grounds

shown

postal districts., Parish

H.223, H.229. H.223: [H.223A: 82 x 70; H.223B: 94 x 70]: BLML Maps 3480(261), BOL C17:70 London (147), CUL Maps.71.88.2 [1887: H.223A]; CUL Maps.c.71.89.3, Maps.c.18.G.229 [1891.c: H.223B?]; Lew.P.L. [1893: H.223B(1)]; BOL [1894c.: H.223B(2)]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1894c.: H.223B(3)]; BLML Maps 3480(275), BOL C17:70 London (161), CUL Maps.71.88.8, GL [1896.c: H.223B(4)]; BLML Maps 3480(277), BOL C17:70 London (60), CUL Maps.71.89.11 [1899.c: H.223B(5)]; BLML Maps 3480(308) [1909.c: H.223B(6)]. H.229: BLML maps 19.a.15, BOL C17:70 London (27), CUL Maps.C.71.88.1 [1888.c: H.229(1)]; Lambeth-Minet 2/[c.1898]/M75 (AP 542) [1898.c: H.229(2)]; BLML Maps 3480(290), GL [1904c.: H.229(3)]; BLML Maps 3480(344) [1921.c: H.229(4)]; BLML Maps 3480(364), London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1929.c: H.229(5)]. Handy-Volume atlas: BLML Maps 2.a.59, BOL C17:70 London e.5, CUL Atlas.7.89.8 [1891]; BLML Maps 5.a.60, BOL C17:70 London e.7, CUL Atlas.7.89.13 [1896]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18 [uncertain date]; BOL C17:70 London e.9 [1904: ed 4]. North London: BLML Maps 3495(74), BOL C17:70 London (229), CUL Maps.71.89.9 [1896: New map of North London]. South London: BOL C17:70 London (160), CUL Maps.71.89.10 [1896: New map of South London].

chemicals, food/drink, ship yards: Could be others: notable concentration of chemicals around Beckton, Barking Creek, &c.

routes, named, passenger stations: Railway stations red.

foreshore

theatres, etc: [Some, e.g. Covent Garden theatre, not named or described].

public parks

banks

shown

shown

shown

routes shown: Shown in atlas.

spot heights, other: River mileages; some spot-heights to 0.1 ft, others to just 1 ft.