London-1892 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18283

Map Date:

? 1892

Repository reference:

[Private collection]

Town name:

London, Westminster, Southwark

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ320811

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3179

Map title:

[Cover :'The District Railway Map of London 5th Edition...'; [Map, in red across top margin:] '5TH. EDITION. THE ''DISTRICT RAILWAY'' MAP OF LONDON. 5TH. EDITION.'

Comments on map:

Ralph Hyde's 176.B.6. Top left is inset a 1:31,680 extension from Putney Bridge to Wimbledon. Scale originally recorded as 3.72 inches to 1 mile, i.e. 1:17,032: this does not readily 'rationalise'. [Ralph Hyde records it as 3.625 inches to 1 mile, 1:17,478, which does not rationalise very well, either.] Quite modern-looking.

Scale:

1:17,032

Map-maker:

W.E. Soar [dr], District Railway [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

105.0 x 66.5

Number of parts:

2

Legends:

transport: Railways, open, under construction, etc.

Colouring:

water, decorative, transport., other: Public buildings, etc, infilled ruled red (= pink effect); 'Albert Hall' blue-grey; map title in red.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

piers

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, l, workhouses

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

GL [1879.c: H.176A(1)]; BLML maps 3480(244) [1879.c: H.176A(2)]; BOL C17:70 London (210) [1879]; Hammersmith & Fulham HC 910 [shelved at HC 395] [1879]; BOL C17:70 London (29), J.Maps 173 [1880, ed2: H.176A(3)]; BLML Maps 3485(73) [1880, ed2: H.176A(4)]; BOL J.J.Colln.J.Maps.173 [1880: H.176A(5)]; Hammersmith & Fulham F910ADA ['1880']; BLML Maps 3485(75), BOL C17:70 London (30), J.Maps 40, GL [1882, 3ed: H.176B(1)]; GL [1883, 3ed: H.176B(2)]; PC [1884/5, ed3: H.176B(3)]; LTMuseum [H.176B(3a)];

Industry:

oil/soap etc: [Soap Works, east of Hammersmith Bridge].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations: District Railway in very bold red; other companies lines dark grey-blue; includes railways under construction and authorised, electric railways (in practice only the City and South London).

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, misc: Public, etc, buildings are synthetic pink, except for 'Exhibition' at Earls Court which is hatched black.

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground: Considerable attention to detail in public parks, e.g. in Battersea Park cricket grounds are indicated as 'practice' and 'general', also Band Stand.

Road transport:

bus routes (limited): Running in connection with the District Railway.

Waterbodies:

shown

Commons:

shown

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Tower Bridge ('building').

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