Middlesex-Hackney-1823 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23463

Map Date:

1823

Repository reference:

Hackney Archives (map cabinet)

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

Hackney

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ355850

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3289

Map title:

'A1823D Plan of the Parish of Hackney in the County of Middlesex as describing its Boundary and Public Roads

Comments on map:

As title implies, there is a lack of detail away from the roads: 'Beauvoir Town' is not mapped at all.

Scale:

1:6214

Map-maker:

William Merrington, Cliffords Inn, London [sv, dr].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

205 x 225 [approximate].

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

watermills

Canals:

shown

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Defence and military:

AO

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

Hackney Archives (map cabinet).

Industry:

bricks/tiles, textiles

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary for location purposes

Commons:

shown

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Ferries:

ferry

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

out-of-town inns only

Tenement boundaries group:

incomplete

Ordnance Survey's

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1869

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1893-4

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560