Middlesex-London-1676
CBTM:
19667
Map Date:
? 1676
Repository reference:
BLML K.Top.20.23
Historic county:
Middlesex
Town name:
Axbridge, London
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ326811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3181
Map title:
'Englands glory or the glory of England being a new mapp of the citty of London...'
Comments on map:
An unrefined map, looking like a cheap derivative of Ogilby and Morgan. Cleanly printed, ironically emphasising the second-rate engraving, especially of text.
Scale:
1:5280*
Map-maker:
Robert Walton, Globe & Compasses, West End of St Pauls Church [pr, pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
54.5 x 42.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised: Notable buildings pictorial.
Sanitary and utility information:
conduits: At junction of Lombard St and Cornhill.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial): St Pauls large & unrealistic.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, College of Heralds
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial): Wooden-looking.
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges: [College of Physicans].
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
DH30: BLML K.Top.20.33; London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [DH30].
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls: [Numerous].
Commons:
shown
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Numerous tied-up boats and shipping in river.
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
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