Middlesex-Islington-1897 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22359

Map Date:

[1897]

Repository reference:

BL Newspaper Library [no pressmark]

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

Islington

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ315845

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3289

Map title:

'Sketch map of the parish of Islington.'

Comments on map:

In The London Argus, A weekly journal and review of municipal life, Vol I, no.25, 9 November 1897, p.6.

Scale:

1:31,680*

Map-maker:

[London Argus [dr, pb].]

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

18 x 27

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

important roads only

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Sanitary and utility information:

water works

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

L

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish: [Area within parish stippled].

Known copies of map:

BL pp.2476.BCB.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Parkland:

public parks

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top left: vicar [& ex-officio chairman of vestry]; top right: [chairman of Board of Guardians].

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