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London-1898

CBTM:
22649
Map Date:
? 1898
Repository reference:
CUL Maps.c.18.G.92
Town name:
Islington, Kensington, Paddington, Stepney, Lambeth, Rotherhithe, St Pancras, London, Westminster, Southwark, Hackney, Bermondsey
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ320811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3179
Map title:
[outside map:] 'Diamond Jubillee souvenir map of London'; [inside map:] 'Bennet's map of London.'
Comments on map:
More successful as a celebration of the Jubilee than a way-finding guide: large amounts of adveristing, illustrations of coronation, royal family, etc. Map is distinctly cheap and nasty, and only included on grounds of scale: seems to be taken from a much older engraved original: ? Stanford 1:31,680. Emphasis is sociological rather than geographical.
Scale:
1:24,000
Map-maker:
J.F. Bennet, Sationer & Printer, 82 Queen St, Cheapside, E.C. [pr, pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
54.0 x 40.0 [map: printed area 54.0 x 86.2].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
transport: Railways.
Colouring:
decorative, other: Route of Jubilee procession.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
incompletely shown
Public buildings:
central government, Parliament
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
Ralph Hyde's no.294: [1st edn, ?c.1890, not found]; CUL Maps.c.18.G.92 [1897: Diamond Jubillee Souvenir map]; PC [1898, rev ed: H.294(1)]; GL [1903+: H.294(2)].
Industry:
misc: Mint.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, museums, art galleries
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks, zoological gardens
Service and professional:
Inns of Court
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Around map: advertisements, patriotic scenes.
Relief:
shown partially: Sketchy.
Commons:
shown
Reference system:
distance circles, squaring: 1.0-mile.
Cemeteries:
shown
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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