Middlesex-Hammersmith: West Kensington-1890 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19601

Map Date:

? 1890

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 4077 (2)

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

Hammersmith: West Kensington

Map type:

Miscellaneous

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ255795

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3080

Map title:

'Plan of West Kensington and district.'

Comments on map:

Dating from BL catalogue. Evidently produced to persuade people to move into the district. Supplementary skeletal map at 1:15,840* extends over area Hammersmith stations

Scale:

1:2500

Map-maker:

Bemrose & Sons Ltd, 23 Old Bailey, London, & Derby [lith], W.H. Gibbs & Co., Builders & Land Agents, 5 West Kensington Terrace, W. [? pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

71.8 x 57.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Some terraces of houses are shaded darker than others: the lighter ones may be those Messrs Gibbs were interested in.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: West Kensington Congregational Church named thus on the small map, but is just Church on the larger.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges: St Pauls School is conspicuous, a Board School much less so.

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds, recreation grounds

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 4077(2).

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Post and telegraphs:

misc: Sorting Office.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only: [Cedars Hotel].

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1861-4

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1893-4

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560