Middlesex-London-1885 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19576

Map Date:

? 1885

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 7.a.31

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

Atherstone, London

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ320811

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

[Cover:] 'Large scale Ordnance Survey plan of the City of London... specially revised to the present date.' [Map:] 'Ordnance Survey plan of the City of London'.

Comments on map:

Undated: BM RD 12 Oct 1885 [blue]. Cover has City coat of arms at top.

Scale:

1:5280

Map-maker:

[John Bartholomew [author, pr].]

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

68.3 x 52.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

altitude information, boundaries

Colouring:

Buildings, water, boundaries, land-use: City boundary purple, buildings light brown, parish boundaries and public buildings darker brown.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: But shapes really quite refined, with some internal courts, &c. Interiors of public buildings shown, though not described; includes pillars in the Bank of England.

Water transport infrastructure:

piers, river stairs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, orphanages

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish, misc: [City of London; includes city parishes].

Known copies of map:

H.212: BLML maps 7.a.31, BOL C17:70 London (140), CUL maps.73.88.1, RGS Eng & Wales S/S 80 [1885: H.212(1)]; PC [pb W.H. Smith: H.212(2)].

Railways:

routes, named, rails, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks

Service and professional:

banks, Bank of England

Cemeteries:

shown

Stated measuerments:

spot heights

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