Middlesex-London-1666 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22194

Map Date:

1666

Repository reference:

BOL Gough Maps 46, fol 3

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

Baynards Castle, London

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ326811

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

'An exact map representing the condition of the late famous and flourishing City of London as it lyeth in ruins whearin you may see what Churches, Halls, and places of note with a multitude of houses yt weare burnt and ruinated in four dayes time by that dreadful & lamentable fire which begun in Pudding lane the 2d of Septtember 1666.' Darlington & Howgego (no.22) say that author is Robert Pricke.

Comments on map:

Numbered and lettered for a reference [not present in this copy].

Scale:

1:6336*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

50.0 x 31.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs, wharfs

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, volunteer parade grounds, town walls

Public/administrative boundaries:

uncertain: Possibly wards.

Known copies of map:

Darlington & Howgego no.22: BL, BOL Gough Maps 46 Fol 3, GL [DH22].

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Commons:

shown

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [Top left].

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1868-1876

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1894-7

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1848-51

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey