Middlesex-Chelsea-1872
CBTM:
21281
Map Date:
? 1872
Repository reference:
London Metropolitan Archives Acc.2558/MW/C/31/275, Acc.2558/MW/C/31/285
Historic county:
Middlesex
Town name:
Chelsea
Map type:
Sanitary
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
TQ275780
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3181
Comments on map:
43 sheets in /275, 24 sheets in /285, apparently 1:1056, frontages and public buildings only. Dated 1856 in London Metropolitan Archives list, but includes District Railway, e.g., so perhaps 1871 or later. Two groups of maps, one probably later than the other, on tracing paper, mounted, duplicating some cover. Later numbered as divisions of Ordnance Survey 1:1056 of London.
Scale:
1:1056*
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
90 x 60
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, roads, water, land-use, utilities
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
piers
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, water mains: With diameters and (presumably) access points: both red and blue, presumably sewers and water respectively.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
central government
Defence and military:
barracks, rifle ranges
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Known copies of map:
London Metropolitan Archives Acc.2558/MW/C/31/275, London Metropolitan Archives Acc.2558/MW/C/31/285.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Model dwellings.
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Stated measuerments:
other: Evidently main diameters.
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
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