London-1889 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21533

Map Date:

? 1889

Repository reference:

BL PP.2501.ece

Town name:

Chelsea, Kensington, Paddington, Lambeth, Marylebone, London, Westminster, Southwark

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ320811

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

[Top centre:] 'New map of Central London, 1889.' [Top right:] 'Commercial London.'

Comments on map:

At back of Th. Simpson Jones, Commercial London, 1890. A manual of business information for merchants and manufacturers, London, W.H. Allen, n.d. [BM blue 12 De 89]. Mapping looks related to Philip at about this scale [Exeter 19570 or 19572]: it certainly seems to have been extracted from a larger original.

Scale:

1:20,375

Map-maker:

George Philip & Son, London [author], W.H. Allen & Co., 13 Waterloo Place, S.W. [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

57.5 x 42.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Numerous buildings emphasised but not described.

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, piers, river stairs

Sanitary and utility information:

fire stations, gas works, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

landmarks only

Public buildings:

central government

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, magazines/arsenals

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish: [Seem patchy].

Known copies of map:

BL PP.2501.ece.

Industry:

timber, misc: Royal Mint, Turpentine.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

museums, art galleries

Parkland:

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

Service and professional:

Bank of England, insurance offices

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

shown partially: [Primrose Hill].

Monuments:

statues: Various statues in Hyde Park.

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Reference system:

squaring: 0.5-mile.

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only, out-of-town inns only

Stated measuerments:

spot heights, other: 219[?] on Primrose Hill. One river mileage, downstream.

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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