London-1892 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19560

Map Date:

1.10.1892

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 3487 (8)

Town name:

Barking, Bromley, Deptford, Greenwich, Woolwich, Brentford, Chelsea, Hammersmith, Islington, Kensington, Paddington, Stepney, Kingston upon Thames, Lambeth, Richmond, Marylebone, London, Westminster, Southwark

Map type:

Miscellaneous

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ320811

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3083

Map title:

'Stanford's contoured map of the county of London'.

Comments on map:

Generally 'stripped-down' look. Main interest is the use of illuminated contours, at 25 ft VI. Four sheets, joined: intended as a school wall map, so treatment is bold, with no ordinary buildings, and only main roads; in that respect, shows less than Ordnance Survey 1:63,360. Only included on grounds of scale and unusual treatment: useless for urban historical work, unless one wants the relief.

Scale:

1:21,120

Map-maker:

Edward Stanford, 26 & 27 Cockspur St, London, S.W. [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

150.5 x 126.3

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

general legend: Note re contour intervals, and that the map should be hung so that the light comes from the left of the observer.

Colouring:

water, contours, boundaries

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

principal Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, mental, orphanages

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

misc: London county boundary, school board boundaries.

Known copies of map:

H.172: RGS [1878, for Schools in School Boards: H.172(1)]; BLML Maps 3487(8), BOL C17:70 London (236), RGS Eng & Wales S.42 [1892, contoured map of the county of London: H.172(2)]; BLML Maps 3487(56) [1926, ditto: H.172(3)].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

museums, misc: Crystal & Alexandra Palaces, etc.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Stated measuerments:

contours, spot heights: Illuminated contours and hypsometric tinting, in shades of brown.

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