Middlesex-Hammersmith-1853 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19590

Map Date:

1853

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 4190 (4)

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

Hammersmith

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ232786

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 1978

Map title:

'Map of the parish of Hammersmith in the county of Middlesex prepared & published by Alfred James Roberts, Vestry Clerk A.D.1853.'

Comments on map:

Brief statistical notes below title. (Though engraved, very neatly, it is nonetheless litho-printed.)

Scale:

1:6336

Map-maker:

Alfred James Roberts [author, pb], B.R. Davies, 16 George St, Euston Sq, London [eng].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

59.2 x 89.2

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

altitude information, other: Note that the field numbers are those of the tithe apportionment.

Colouring:

roads, land-use, transport.: Roads sienna, parks, greens, etc lime green, railways light blue.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

piers, wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Education and academic:

schools

Public/administrative boundaries:

ecclesiastical districts, Parish, boundary markers: [Ecclesiastical districts are named by brief description below title rather than on map].

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 4190(4) [Exeter 19590], BOL C17:70 London (290), CUL Maps 73.85.1, Hammersmith & Fulham HC 910, H 910 [Exeter 18177], London Metropolitan Archives Acc.2558/MW/C/31/555, TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/59 [originals]; BLML Maps 187.l.10, BOL C17:70 London (538), CUL Maps.bb.73.95.5, Hammersmith & Fulham F910 ROB [1956: Hammersmith Local History Society].

Industry:

engineering, food/drink, textiles, misc: Wax Factory.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named: [Inland Coal Depot [east of Shepherds Bush on West London Railway]; no stations shown in Willesden area].

Gardens:

market gardens

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary owners, holdings/occupiers: [Mostly owners or occupiers of market gardens].

Waterbodies:

shown

Commons:

shown

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Stone.

Cemeteries:

shown

Miscellaneous religious group:

Convent.

Stated measuerments:

spot heights: Altitudes are above mean sea level at Liverpool.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

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