London-1889 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18547

Map Date:

1889

Repository reference:

University of Exeter Geography Department

Town name:

London, Westminster, Southwark

Map type:

Sociological

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ320811

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

'Descriptive map of London poverty 1889.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from facsimile issued by London Topographical Society, no. 130. Included as a separate record because of the importance of the overprint: uses Stanford's Library Map [Exeter 18546] as a base, with names cut by neatline not made good.

Scale:

1:10,560

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

58.7 x 51.4 [x 4]

Number of parts:

4

Legends:

colours

Colouring:

health hazards: Poverty overprint.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs, wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges: Includes board schools.

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, misc: Police districts.

Known copies of map:

BL 08275.bb.5, 08276.b.3, BOL 23231 e.46, BOL 23231 e.47, BOL 23231 e.48, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Lambeth-Minet 2/1889/M398 [1889]; Southwark Library Map Cabt 2, Map 186 [?Southwark sheet]; BOL C17:70 London (1295), Camden 85.23 1889, RGS Portfolio 279, Southwark Library Maps Draw 5, Map 816 Westminster Archives Map Cabt C; Westminster Archives Map Cabt A [1984: London Topographical Society, no. 130].

Industry:

chemicals, engineering, food/drink, rope walk, textiles

Railways:

routes, goods depots, motive power depots, named, rails, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary for location purposes

Waterbodies:

shown

Commons:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Stated measuerments:

spot heights

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