Middlesex-London: Bridge Ward-1855 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23200

Map Date:

26.6.1855

Repository reference:

London Metropolitan Archives [ex City of London Record Office] Secondary's Plan no.9

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

London: Bridge Ward

Map type:

Ward

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ328807

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3281

Map title:

'Plan of Bridge Ward'.

Comments on map:

'Enlarged from the Outline Maps of the Ordnance Survey'.

Scale:

1:528

Map-maker:

Saml Angell, Michael Meredith [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

58.8 x 92.3

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water, land-use: Open space, including yards, pale green.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

house numbers

Buildings:

shown, archways, public buildings emphasised: Public buildings darker carmine, churches dark beige: include Monument and something circular at intersection of King William Street and Gracechurch Street, both unnamed. ['X' for archways].

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs: Stairs to river, etc, beside London Bridge.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public/administrative boundaries:

Ward: [Boundaries not shown as such, but mapped detail stops at boundary].

Known copies of map:

Ralph Hyde's ward map catalogue, no. 36: London Metropolitan Archives [ex CLRO] (Secondary's Plan 9) [HW36].

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Symbolic elements:

Sword: as centre of direction-star.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete