London-1888
CBTM:
18656
Map Date:
1888
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3.e.24, Maps 10.cc.7, [reference shelves]
Town name:
Leyton, Walthamstow, Bromley, Deptford, Greenwich, Brentford, Chelsea, Hammersmith, Hampstead, Kensington, Paddington, Stepney, Tottenham, Croydon, Lambeth, Richmond, Marylebone, London, Westminster, Southwark
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ 320811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3179
Map title:
[1879-80:] 'Bacon's new Ordnance Survey Atlas of London and suburbs'; [1885, 1888:] 'New large-scale Ordnance atlas of London & suburbs'.
Scale:
1:6732
Map-maker:
G.W. Bacon, 127 Strand, London [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
46.6 x 30.5 [x 34]
Number of parts:
34
Road names:
generally
Building names:
clergy residences, royal palaces, important buildings only, outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills, watermills
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, river stairs, misc: Mast Pond.
Sanitary and utility information:
fire stations, gas works, reservoirs, water works, misc: Drinking Fountain, fountains, Northern Outfall Sewer Embankment.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, central government, Parliament: [Houses of Parliament mapped in detail].
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, rifle ranges, misc.: Store Houses, Victualling Office, Govt Stores for India.
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Peabody Buildings.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories: Particular attention to board schools.
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
gymnasia, sports grounds, recreation grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
postal districts., Parish
Known copies of map:
[Not included in Ralph Hyde: made up from H.73 and H.160]: BLML Maps 2.d.30 [1879]; BLML Maps 3.e.24, Bath Library [local studies] [1880]; BLML Maps 4.e.4 [1882]; BLML Maps 10.cc.7 [1885?]; BOL C17:40.c.1, CUL Atlas.5.88.15 [1886]; CUL Atlas.5.98.162, Camden 77.71, Southwark Library S.C.912 [1888/1987: The A to Z of Victorian London, introductory notes by Ralph Hyde, Lympne: Harry Margary (in association with London: Guildhall Library, 1987)]; Camden 85.23 1891 [1891: Bacon's new atlas of London & suburbs]; Camden 85.23 1895 [Bacon's new atlas of London & suburbs]; CUL Atlas.5.90.39, Lambeth-Minet 2/1900/M195 [1900: New Large-Scale atlas of London].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, glass, lime/cement, metallurgical processing, ship yards, oil/soap etc, paper/print, warehousing, misc: The Mint, Photographic Gas [??], Floor Cloth, Ordnance, Telegraph, Manure Works, Store Yard.
Railways:
routes, named, rails, passenger stations
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
aquariums, theatres, etc, museums, art galleries, misc: International Exhibition [1862], West Ham Exhibition, [Royal Aquarium].
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens
Service and professional:
banks
Road transport:
omnibus depot
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
gentlemen's, working mens, misc: United Kingdom Alliance [in Whitehall].
Commons:
shown
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Monuments:
Monuments: [Nelsons Monument: Trafalgar Square].
Post and telegraphs:
electric telegraph office, post offices
Reference system:
squaring: Does not agree very well with scale.
Cemeteries:
shown
Street tramways:
routes shown
Miscellaneous religious group:
Modern monastic establishments.
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
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