Middlesex-London: Aldersgate Ward-1844
CBTM:
23250
Map Date:
? 1844
Repository reference:
Guildhall Library, La.Pr. (Ward Maps) 11/ALD
Historic county:
Middlesex
Town name:
London: Aldersgate Ward
Map type:
Ward
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
TQ321816
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3281
Map title:
'Plan of Aldersgate Ward'.
Comments on map:
Dated c.1844 by Ralph Hyde.
Scale:
1:1500
Map-maker:
Edward Woodthorpe [author].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
60.0 x 35.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings: Seems to be beigish for ordinary buildings; grey for public, etc, ones.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Frontages only.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Welfare and charitable:
dispensaries, hospitals
Education and academic:
schools
Public/administrative boundaries:
Ward
Known copies of map:
Ralph Hyde's ward map catalogue, no.7: GL (La Pr (Ward Maps) M9/ALD) [HW7].
Antiquities:
Line of Old Wall.
Decorative cartouches:
symbolic/non-realistic: Title on shield, flanked by dragons or griffins snarling at each other.
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls, misc: Institution.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top right: elevation of Goldsmiths Hall.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Symbolic elements:
Griffins: in title.
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