Middlesex-Chelsea-1810 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19360

Map Date:

18.1.1810

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] Library

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

Chelsea

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ275780

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3080

Map title:

'A map of Chelsea, surveyed in the year 1664 by James Hamilton. Continued to 1717.'

Comments on map:

In Thomas Faulkner, An historical and topographical description of Chelsea and its environs, Chelsea: Faulkner & London: Nichols, etc, 1829, I, f.p.1. Ward 'drew from the original'. Publication date of map is 1810.

Scale:

1:6336*

Map-maker:

James Hamilton [sv], Edwd Ward [dr], J. Barlow [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

44.2 x 30.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Larger houses pictorial.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

BL Prints Crace Colln Views Vol.4.1, BOL G.A.Middx 8o 12, TNA [PRO] Library [1829]; Kensington Local Studies [photo]; BL Maps 56.e.20 [1971: Curle].

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary owners

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

At top of map: Henry VIII's manor house in Cheyne Walk; to side are both sides of 'Thomas Munden his half penny', 1666.

Cemeteries:

shown

Dedicee of map:

Hon. & Rev. Gerald Valerin Wellesley, Rector of Chelsea.

Other land-uses & land-cover:

heath/uncultivated, misc: Bucolic more than urban: some field names, Stable Yard, Drying Yard.

Stated measuerments:

other: Some field acreages.

Ordnance Survey's

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