London-1897
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
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