London-1891 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22193

Map Date:

? 1891

Repository reference:

BOL C17:70 London (99)

Town name:

Fulham, Hammersmith, Islington, Kensington, 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:

'Metropolitan Railway.'

Comments on map:

Includes smaller-scale extension from Harrow to Aylesbury on left, but omits East London line. No printer, etc, given. Shows main roads and buildings only. Dating from Bodleian cards: includes extension to Aylesbury (but no description of train service!), and Millbank Pentientiary.

Scale:

1:15,840*

Map-maker:

Metropolitan Railway [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

114.0 x 79.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

water, land-use, transport.: Metropolitan Railway and associated letterpress red, other railways and water blue, open spaces and woods green.

Road names:

important roads only

Building names:

royal palaces

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

cathedral/principal church only, (pictorial)

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, central government, Parliament

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, rifle ranges: [Tower is pictorial].

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, mental

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds, recreation grounds

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Ralph Hyde's no.251: BOL C17:70 London (99), CUL [H.251].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations: Metropolitan Railway red, other railways blue.

Leisure and entertainment:

aquariums, public halls, museums, art galleries, misc: Olympia; British Museum and National Gallery pictorial.

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks, zoological gardens

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

shown partially: [Primrose Hill].

Commons:

shown

Monuments:

memorials: [Albert Memorial].

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

landmark inns: [e.g. Elephant & Castle].

Other land-uses & land-cover:

heath/uncultivated

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