Middlesex-Hackney-1843
CBTM:
19607
Map Date:
1843
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3700 (2)
Historic county:
Middlesex
Town name:
Stepney, Hackney, Tower Hamlets
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ358812
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3982
Map title:
'Plan of the Tower Hamlets, comprehending the various alterations and improvements to the year 1843, from actual survey, shewing the whole of the Division under the jurisdiction of the Commissioners of Sewers for the Tower Hamlets. James Beek, Surveyor to the Commission.'
Scale:
1:7920
Map-maker:
James Beek [author], Standidge & Co., London [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
92.5 x 139.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Ordinary buildings hatched, emphasised ones are solid (as are railways), but (a couple of isolated ones excepted), none are described, so function has to be inferred from morphology.
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, river stairs
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, water works: More gas works may be denoted by some small circular buildings.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established predominates
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
orphanages, workhouses
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 3700(2), RGS 5.D.4, Tower Hamlets library map 2167.
Industry:
uncertain, misc: Royal Mint; otherwise inferred from morphology of emphasised buildings.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations: The wayside stations have to be inferred by shape.
Waterbodies:
shown
Commons:
shown: [Greens, etc].
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Thames Tunnel.
Cemeteries:
shown
Stated measuerments:
other: Note on Isle of Dogs that is seven feet below high water.
Ordnance Survey's
1848-50
1:1056
1:5280
1:10,560
Skeleton survey
1872
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
1894
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
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