Middlesex-London: Billingsgate Ward-1772 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22248

Map Date:

[1772]

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 203.ee.22

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

London: Billingsgate Ward, Bridge Ward Within

Map type:

Ward

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ330807

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3281

Map title:

'A new and accurate plan of Billingsgate Ward and Bridge Ward Within, divided into parishes from a late survey.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from John Noorthouck, A new history of London, London: Baldwin, 1773, f.p. 551. Ralph Hyde attributes this to Thomas Bowen, on the grounds of similarity to the Queenhithe and Vintry map [Exeter 18382].

Scale:

1:4800*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

23.7 x 17.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, quays

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, Ward

Known copies of map:

Ralph Hyde's ward map catalogue, no. 21: Noorthouck 1772/3 (fp 551): BL 1786.d.3, maps Ref P.3 [3 plates missing], G.3483*, 190.b.17 [1 pl misg], BLML Maps 203.ee.22 [John Noorthouck, A new history of London including Westminster & Southwark (London: Baldwin 1773).

Miscellaneous:

Some courts, etc, have pecked-line infill: unclear what this denotes: gardens?

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

On right: St Mary at Hill, St Botolph's in Botolph Lane.

Monuments:

Monuments

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Weigh House.

Cemeteries:

shown