Marylebone-1885 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19583

Map Date:

? 1885

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 7.A.34

Town name:

Brentford, Chelsea, Ealing, Hammersmith, Isleworth, Kensington, Paddington, Richmond, Marylebone

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ280820

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3083

Map title:

'Letts's map of West London.'

Comments on map:

Accompanied by phamphlet, 'Letts's map of West London... with a guide book', map and guide book n.d., BM RD 23 Oct 1885 (blue). Map is cut off on east side, suggesting a larger parent, and on [p.3] of guide is 'This Guide serves for all editions of Letts's Map of London. Any place described herein which cannot be found on the accompanying map is outside its area, and is included on one of the other editions.'; there is no reference to such a map in Ralph Hyde, but there is something possibly related in Cambridge University Library.

Scale:

1:21,120

Map-maker:

Letts, Son & Co. Limited, London [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

76.0 x 64.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours

Colouring:

Buildings, roads, water, transport., land-use: Water and postal districts blue, parks & open spaces green, cemeteries and bus and tram routes yellow, railways and station names red.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Buildings by grey wash, sometimes (as at Harrow) extending beyond underlying casings, creating a generalised 'wash' effect.

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

piers

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

postal districts.

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 7.a.34.

Industry:

chemicals, food/drink, textiles, misc: Candle Factory.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground: Pagoda, etc, at Kew Gardens.

Road transport:

bus routes

Waterbodies:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Street tramways:

routes shown

Ordnance Survey's

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1864-5

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1893

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1864

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1893-4

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1864-5

1:2500

1:10,560

1891

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1865

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1893-4

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1864

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1893-4

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1863-5

1:2500

1:10,560

1893-4

1:2500

1:10,560

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1861-4

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1893-4

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1869

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1864-5

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1893

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1866

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1891-4

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560