Middlesex-London: Billingsgate Ward-1784 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18366

Map Date:

[1784]

Repository reference:

BL 1854.a.16

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

London: Billingsgate Ward, Bridge Ward Within, Farringdon Ward Without

Map type:

Ward

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ315814

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3261

Map title:

'Plan of Billingsgate Ward and Bridge Ward Within, divided into parishes, from a new survey.'; 'Plan of Faringdon Ward Without, divided into parishes, from a new survey.'

Comments on map:

Two maps on one sheet: scale quoted is for Faringdon part; other part is about 1:5200. 'Engraved for Thornton's New & complete history & survey of London & Westminster, &c.'

Scale:

1:8640*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

17.5 x 28.5

Number of parts:

2

Road names:

important roads only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Public buildings in elevation.

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, quays, river stairs

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, Ward

Known copies of map:

Thornton 1784 (fp 391) [HW22(1)]; Thornton n.d., Skinner 1795 (fp 391) [HW22(2)]: BL 1854.a.16 [William Thornton, The new, complete & universal history, description & survey of the cities of London, Westminster, the borough of Southwark, & parts adjacent (London: Hogg 1784)]; Richard Skinner, A new & complete history & description of the cities of London, Westminster, the borough of Southwark, & parts adjacent, London: Hogg, 1796 [original]; [1999: Ralph Hyde, Ward maps of the City of London, London Topographical Society, 1999].

Service and professional:

Inns of Court, misc: Temple.

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Borders:

decorative

Monuments:

Monuments, (pictorial)

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Weigh House.