Middlesex-London-1766
CBTM:
23295
Map Date:
[1766]
Repository reference:
BL 191.a.19
Historic county:
Middlesex
Town name:
Bramber, London, Westminster
Map type:
Highways
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
TQ295795
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3181
Map title:
['Pl.I':] 'A plan of Hyde-Park with the city and liberties of Westminster &c, shewing the several improvements proposed'; ['Pl.II':] 'Part of Westminster at large shewing the improvements propos'd about Leicester-fields, Covent-Garden, the Mewse, &c'; ['Pl.III:] 'Part of London shewing the improvements propos'd about the Mansion-House, Royal-Exchange, Moor-fields &c'; ['Pl.IV':] 'Part of London shewing the improvements propos'd about London-Bridge, the Custom-House, Tower &c'.
Comments on map:
At end of John Gwynn, London and Westminster improved, London: Dodsley, etc, 1766. Scales vary: Plate I is 1:13,200*, the others are 1:2400. Engraving is crisp and 'modern-looking', anticipating the 'Cary look': no 'responsibility statements'.
Scale:
1:2400
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
49.7 x 31.2, 49.5 x 31.0, 49.5 x 19.8, 51.5 x 33.0.
Number of parts:
4
Colouring:
water, land-use, other: Open spaces green: new improvements highlighted in red: Plate I only has main roads in sienna; all hand-coloured.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only: Mansion House shown in plan.
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
quays, river stairs
Sanitary and utility information:
water works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only: Westminster Abbey shown in plan.
Public buildings:
customs, central government, l, Parliament
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, volunteer parade grounds
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, mental, pest houses
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
BL 191.a.19, BLML K.Top.21.1, BOL Gough London 265 [1766]; BL X.802/1378 [1969: Farnborough: Gregg International Publishers].
Leisure and entertainment:
museums
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
Inns of Court, Bank of England
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls
Monuments:
Monuments
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Business & commercial:
South Seas Company
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Stated measuerments:
other: Some street widths, e.g. in Leicester Square.
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
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