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London-1894

CBTM:
19577
Map Date:
? 1894
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 32.a.62, Maps 32.a.55, Maps 32.a.56, Maps 32.a.54
Town name:
Deptford, Greenwich, Woolwich, Chelsea, Hammersmith, Islington, Kensington, Paddington, Stepney, Lambeth, Richmond, Marylebone, 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:
'New plan of London', 'New plan of West London', 'New plan of North London', 'New plan of East London', 'New plan of South London'.
Comments on map:
Strictly speaking, a set of five, overlapping, but BLML does not have South London, which has been recorded from a private collection copy. Scale is same as the Black map of c.1870 [Exeter 19575]. A virtuosic demonstration of the advantages of omitting building infill, and so able to name and describe city churches and other buildings without congestion. North London is 'Plan and guide...' on cover, though guide missing or never there on BLML copy. London is also 'Plan and guide...' and retains the letterpress 'Visitors' guide to London' (8 pp) and street index (28pp). [The Bartholomew Printing Record [in National Library of Scotland, Map Library], records that 2020 copies of the North London map were printed on 8 September 1892, and 5300 copies of an atlas version were printed on 4 May 1892.]
Scale:
1:19,495
Map-maker:
John Bartholomew, Edinburgh [author, pr].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
82.7 x 57.8, 62.0 x 86.2, 81.3 x 57.3, 62.7 x 86.2, 81.7 x 57.2
Number of parts:
5
Colouring:
water, boundaries, land-use, transport., other: Road infill is for those with bus routes; postal district boundaries purple, postal district letters and railways red.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally: Copious naming of suburban villas.
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Lack of building infill enables the descriptions of churches and public buildings to be accomodated with ease.
Mills:
windmills, watermills
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, piers, river stairs
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals: [Internal detail shown in that part of Woolwich Arsenal which falls on the map].
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, l, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
postal districts.
Known copies of map:
H.155: Kensington Library [1875.c: H.155(1)]; CUL Maps.71.87.35 [1878c.: H.155(2)]; Tower Hamlets library map 374 ['c.1878']; CUL Maps.c.71.87.15 [1879c.: H.155(3)]; CUL Maps.71.87.36, GL [1879.c: H.155(3a)]; BOL C17:70 London (573), CUL Maps.71.88.4, Camden London Map Cabinet [1880c.: H.155(4)]; CUL [1881c.: H.155(5)]; GL [1881c.: H.155(6)]; GL [1882.c: H.155(7)]; CUL Maps.71.88.5 [H.155(7 or 8)]; GL [1882.c: H.155(8)]; Camden folded map [1883]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18, Kensington Library [1884.c: H.155(9)]; CUL Maps.71.88.6 [1887c.: H.155(10)]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1887.c: H.155(11)]; Cam.P.L. [1889.c: H.155(12)]; CUL Maps.c.71.89.4 [1890.c: H.155(12+)]; CUL Maps.71.89.3 [1891.c: H.155(12++)]; Bishopsgate Institute L.18 [1892.c: ?H.155(new,12-13)]; ?BLML Maps 32.a.62, GL [1895c.: H.155(13)]; ?BLML Maps 31.b.13, Lew P.L. [1895.c: H.155(14)]; BOL C17:70 London (233), CUL Maps.71.89.7, LM [1896.c: H.155(15)]; BL, BOL C17:70 London (230), GL [1897.c: H.155(16)];
Industry:
chemicals, distilling, engineering, food/drink, ship yards
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations: Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway London extension named, & shown by ladder effect.
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc, misc: Crystal and Alexandra Palaces: sports grounds shown at Crystal Palace, but not the monsters.
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
banks
Road transport:
bus routes
Waterbodies:
shown
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Thames subway.
Reference system:
squaring: Origin at St Pauls; alpha-numeric on central and northern maps, not figured or lettered on the east and west maps.
Cemeteries:
shown
Street tramways:
routes shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
landmark inns: [In suburbs].
Ordnance Survey's
1868-1876
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
1894-7
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
1848-50
1:1056
1:5280
1:10,560
Skeleton survey
1866-8
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1893-4
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1848-51
1:1056
1:5280
1:10,560
Skeleton survey
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