Middlesex-London-1886

21240

3.1886

BLML Maps 145.b.22(1) to 145.b.22(12), 145.b.23, 145.b.24

Middlesex

Bala, London, Westminster, Southwark

Insurance

fragmentary

TQ320811

TQ 3181

'Insurance plan of London.'

'General key plan' is dated March 1889, on 7 sheets at 1:4800, and has a list of volumes: Vol I, Manchester Warehouse District; Vol II, Printing House district; Vol II, Mincing Lane District; Vol IV, South Side: Granaries and hop warehouses; Vol V, London Docks, Shadwell, &c; Vol VI, Clerkenwell, Charterhouse, Old Street; Vol VII, South side: Tanneries and Surrey Docks; Vol VIII, West Central, Strand to Holborn; Vol IX, West End, Pall Mall to Oxford Street; Vol X, South side: Vauxhall to Blackfriars and Boro'; Vol XI, Eastern District; Vol XII, Other docks and Regents Canal. Vols X-XII are 'to be surveyed when subscribers wish'. Vol 1 in BLML set is 'Insurance plan of City of London, Vol 1', March 1886, surveyed November 1885 to March 1886, with 1:2400 index, and churches deep blue, covering central part of the City; Vol 2 in BLML set is 'Insurance plan of City of London, Vol 2', July 1886, surveyed March to July 1886, with 1:2400 index, covering western part of the City; Vol 3 in BLML set is 'Insurance plan of City of London, Vol 3', January 1887, surveyed July 1886 to February 1887, with 1:2400 index, covering eastern part of the City; Vol 4 in BLML set is 'Insurance plan of London, Vol 4', June 1887, surveyed February to May 1887, with 1:2400 index, covering the south bank east from the Borough Market area (a large part of sheet 78 is the 'Anchor Brewery (Admission refused) Details taken from printed plans & from outside observation)'; Vol 5 in BLML set is 'Insurance plan of London, Vol 5', July 1887, surveyed May to July 1887, with 1:2400 index, of the docks east of the Tower; Vol 6 in BLML set is 'Insurance plan of London, Vol 6', August 1887, surveyed June to August 1887, with 1:2400 index, covering to the north of the City; Vol 7 in BLML set is 'Insurance plan of London, Vol 7', October 1887, surveyed August to October 1887, with 1:2400 index, covering Bricklayers Arms to London Bridge, and the Surrey Docks (two sheets at 1:2400), and with letterpress index to 'tanners, curriers, leather dressers, fellmongers, &c', dated Nov. 1887; Vol 8 in BLML set is 'Insurance plan of London, Vol VIII', November 1888, surveyed May to November 1888, with 1:4800 index, covering Charing Cross to Lincolns Inn Fields; Vol 9 in BLML set is 'Insurance plan of London, Vol IX', March 1889, surveyed December 1888 to March 1889, with 1:4800 index, covering Mayfair and St James; Vol 10 in BLML set is 'Insurance plan of London, Vol X', June 1889, surveyed March to June 1889, with 1:4800 index, covering northern part of Lambeth, with some mapping at 1:960; Vol 11(1) in BLML set is 'Insurance plan of City of London, Vol XI', May 1890, surveyed January to May 1890, with 1:4800 index, covering part of east end; Vol 11(2) in BLML set is 'Insurance plan of London, Vol XI', May 1899, surveyed May 1890, revised and re-arranged May 1899, with 1:3600 index, also covering part of east end [duplicates earlier Vol XI in part so not counted in total number of 'parts']; Vol 12 in BLML set is 'Insurance plan of London, Vol XII', March 1891, alternatively 'Regents's canal and vicinity' on one index [sheet 373], surveyed September 1890 to February 1891, with 1:21,120 index, covering scattered areas, including part of Isle of Dogs, Victoria Dock and Albert Dock, and Tilbury Docks, some at 1:960 or 1:2400 [not all shown on coverage diagram]. All volumes have letterpress index to streets and 'specials', i.e. commercial premises, public buildings, etc.

1:480

Charles E. Goad, Civil Engineer, 53 New Broad St, London, E.C. [author].

lithographed

53 x 62 [standard sheet size: x 25+21+22+23+25+27+26+26+27+40+35+51].

348

general legend

Buildings, water, land-use: Hand-coloured; some open space tinted light green.

generally

inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished

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utilities

shown comprehensively: Heights to eaves and of towers, where applicable.

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schools

markets

Ralph Hyde's no.219: in two series, vols I-XII, and vols A-K: I, 3:86/3:89; II, 7:86; III, 1:87; IV, 6:87; V, 7:87; VI, 8:87; VIII, 11:88; IX, 3:89; X, 6:89; XI, 5:90; XII, 3:91; A, 11:91; B, 1:92; C, 8:99; D, 2:92; E, 7:93; F, 8:93; G, 2:94; H, 4:97; J, 2:97; K, 4:97; Index, 3:89. BLML BLML Maps 145.b.22(1) to 145.b.22(12), 145.b.23, 145.b.24 [Maps 145.b.22(1-12) [1886-97], Maps 145.b.23 [1899+]]; GL; Lambeth-Minet 2/1889/M460 (Vol 10: north Lambeth and Southwark sheets only); Southwark Library Maps 873/1-31, oversize reserve stock; Swk S.C.912.LON 'oversize reserve stock' [4 vols, 1887, rv to 1968]; Westminster Archives Map Cabt C [1889: index plan & sheets 227-232, C8], [1891 409], [1892: Index (B.26); B2-5, B7-9, B22-5]; London Metropolitan Archives LCC/VA/GOAD... [order as LCC/VA/GOAD/I, etc, by Goad volume number: obsolete sheets at LCC/VA/GOAD/OBS1-61].

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routes, goods depots, motive power depots, platforms, rails, passenger stations

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Hoardings sometimes noted, e.g. Vol VIII, sheet 191.

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industrial owners: [Occupiers of larger retail and industrial premises].

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Sections of warehouses and granaries: sheet 176 [Vol 7]; sheets 354, 355, 357, 360, 361, 364, 365, 366, 367 [Tilbury Docks], 407 [W. & A. Gilbey's wine & spirit Store A'], 410 [Metropolitan Music Hall] [Vol XII]; Theatre sections: sheets 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 188, 191, 193, 196 [Vol VIII]; sheets 208, 210, 211, 212, 213 [St James Hall], 214 [including basement of Criterion Theatre], 215, 226 [including 'D'Oyly Carte's New Theatre (Under construction March 1889)', i.e. the Cambridge Theatre], 227 [St Georges Hall], 231 [vol IX]; sheets 236, 256, 257, 272B, 276B [Vol X]; sheets 312, 324A, 332 [Vol XI[i]]; sheet 326 [Vol.XI[ii]]; sheet 405 [Vol XII]. Theatre and Malt Bin [same block]: sheet 333 [Vol XI[i]]. Sheets 239 and 240 [Vol X] have South approach to Waterloo Bridge, which, like numerous other bridges and viaducts on these plans, has vaults beneath.

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apparently fairly complete