Middlesex-London-1676
CBTM:
22183
Map Date:
1676
Repository reference:
BOL Gough Maps London 12
Historic county:
Middlesex
Town name:
Bassishaw Ward, London
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ326811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3181
Map title:
'A new and plaine mapp of the Citty of London shewing the streets lanes allies courts churches halls and other remarkable places as they are now rebuilt 1676.'
Comments on map:
Letterpress description pasted on to left and right and at bottom.
Scale:
1:4800*
Map-maker:
John Overton, White Horse without Newgate [pr, sell].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
57.0 x 45.0 [map: 86.5 x 63.5 with text].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
Buildings
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Public buildings pictorial: includes the Monument ('Pyramid').
Water transport infrastructure:
river stairs, wharfs
Sanitary and utility information:
conduits
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
College of Heralds
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial), drill halls
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover, orchards
Known copies of map:
Darlington & Howgego no.29: Bishopsgate Institute, BOL Gough Maps London 12, Arch. Antiq. BIII 23(10), GL [DH29(1)]; BL, London Metropolitan Archives [ex-GLC] [DH29(2)].
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls
Commons:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Pictorial shipping in river, and numerous boats in plan moored round wharves and stairs.
Tenement boundaries group:
generalised/schematic
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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