Middlesex-London-1861
CBTM:
23481
Map Date:
? 1861
Repository reference:
London Metropolitan Archives, [ex City of London RO], Folded Plans Box.1.A
Historic county:
Middlesex
Town name:
Brecon: St John, London
Map type:
Sociological
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ326811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3181
Map title:
'Copy of the plan of the boundaries of the parishes within & without the walls of the City of London shewing the sites of the Churches and the parishes which have been united for ecclesiastical purposes. Surveyed June, 1859, by Messrs. Rd. Tress & Chambers.'
Comments on map:
A very superior example of the 'municipal' genre. At least part of title is manuscript: endorsed 'William Haywood 1862'. Stylistically it is similar (but not identical) to the 1847 maps [Exeter 23480].
Scale:
1:2640
Map-maker:
Rd. Tress & Chambers [? sv], Standidge & Co. Litho., Old Jewry, London [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
125.7 x 71.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
boundaries: Hand-coloured parish-tinting and naming.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Streets only.
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, quays, river stairs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Named in gothic.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Welfare and charitable:
misc: Trinity House.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Known copies of map:
London Metropolitan Archives [CLRO] Folded Plans Box.1.A [1861.c]; London Metropolitan Archives [CLRO] P.D.44.11 [1880: fire hydrants].
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Service and professional:
Inns of Court, Bank of England
Clubs and societies:
learned societies, trade and livery company halls
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Ordnance Survey's
1868-1876
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
1894-7
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
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
1848-51
1:1056
1:5280
1:10,560
Skeleton survey
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