London-1897 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18296

Map Date:

1897

Repository reference:

Devon & Exeter Institution (open access)

Town name:

Deptford, Islington, Paddington, Stepney, Lambeth, 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:

'LONDON drawn & engraved expressly for the Post Office Directory 1897'.

Scale:

1:15,840

Map-maker:

Kelly & Co Ltd, Post Office Directory Office, 182, 183 & 184 High Holborn, London, W.C. [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

104.5 x 69.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

piers

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Education and academic:

schools: 'B.S.', i.e. board schools.

Known copies of map:

Bishopsgate Institute L.18, BL, GL, Lambeth-Minet 2/1891, Tower Hamlets library map 454, Westminster Archives Map Cabt C [1891: H.249(1)]; BL, GL, Westminster Archives Map Cabt C [1892: H.249(2)]; BLML Maps 27.b.56, CUL Maps.c.71.89.1, GL, Lambeth-Minet 2/1893/MF (AP 873) [1893: H.249(3)]; BL, CUL Maps.18.G.80, GL, Tower Hamlets library map 1685 [1894: H.249(4)]; GL, TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/271 [1895: H.249(5)]; BL, BOL C17:70 London (1462); GL [1896: H.249(6)]; BL, Devon & Exeter Institution, GL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC], Lambeth-Minet 2/1897/M221 (AP 540) [1897: H.249(7)]; BLML Maps 28.b.26, Westminster Archives Map Cabt [1898: H.249(8)]; BL, GL, Westminster Archives London maps box 1 [1899: H.249(9)]; BOL C17:70 London (1037), Devon & Exeter Institution, GL, Tower Hamlets library (main maps sequence) [1900: H.249(10)]; BL, GL [1901: H.249(11)]; BOL C17:40 c.2, GL [1902: H.249(12)]; BL, GL [1903: H.249(13)]; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [1904: H.249(14)];

Industry:

shown

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground: Battersea Park has Refreshment Room and Band Stand; Hyde Park has Humane Society's Receiving Ho.

Landowners and occupiers:

industrial owners: [Numerous company names along Thames around Isle of Dogs].

Waterbodies:

shown

Reference system:

squaring, distance circles: Circle of radius of 4 miles from Charing Cross.

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