Middlesex-London: Aldersgate-1790 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22314

Map Date:

? 1790

Repository reference:

CUL Maps.BB.73.79.1

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

London: Aldersgate, Bishopsgate, Bread Street, Cordwainer Wards

Map type:

Ward

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ323811

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3281

Map title:

'Plan of Aldersgate Ward. Divided into parishes, from a new survey.', 'Plan of Bishopsgate Ward Within and Without. Divided into parishes from a new survey.', 'Plan of Bread Street & Cordwainers' Wards. Divided into parishes from a new survey.'

Comments on map:

Aldersgate about 1:5400, Bishopsgate about 1:4800, Bread Street & Cordwainer about 1:2400. Cropped to just beyond border. By John Royce: for William Thornton, The new, complete & universal history, description & survey of the cities of London, Westminster, the borough of Southwark, & parts adjacent (London: Hogg 1784), fp.392.

Scale:

1:4800

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

21.5 x 33.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Public, etc, buildings pictorial.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively, (pictorial): Anglican are pictorial.

Public buildings:

internal revenue

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, Ward

Known copies of map:

Ralph Hyde's ward map catalogue, no. 5: Thornton 1784 (fp 392) [HW5(1)]; Thornton n.d., Skinner 1795 (fp 392) [HW5(2)]; CUL Maps.BB.73.79.1.

Industry:

uncertain: Workshops.

Landowners and occupiers:

industrial owners: [Seddons Workshops].

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Borders:

decorative: Narrow: a sort of leafy pattern.

Business & commercial:

East India Company