Middlesex-London-1757 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23261

Map Date:

? 1757

Repository reference:

Guildhall Library [behind reference desk]

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

Bow, London, Westminster

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ320811

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

'A new & correct plan of London, including all ye new buildings &c.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from reduced photo pasted into interleaved copy of Darlington & Howgego: the original was lot no.164 in Christies' sale of fans, 1 June 1993 (sold for 2000 pounds), with an inferior example as lot 165. So far as can be seen from the photo, the map is a standard pre-Rocque 'clone', with information on hackney and water fares: no doubt some of the finer detailing has been omitted from this record.

Scale:

1:15,840*

Map-maker:

Clarke & Co., 26 Strand ['invent'], R. Bennett [eng], Ringwood & Wilkinson, Crown Court, Cheapside [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

41 x 15 [approximate maximum].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: City seems to be infilled lighter than the rest.

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs

Places of Worship:

cathedral/principal church only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [City of London].

Known copies of map:

PC [original]; GL [photo in interleaved DH] [DH108a].

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

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