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

CBTM:

22251

Map Date:

[1772]

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 203.ee.22

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

London: Broad Street Ward, Cornhill Ward

Map type:

Ward

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ328812

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3281

Map title:

'Broad Street & Cornhill Wards, divided into parishes, according to a new survey.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from John Noorthouck, A new history of London, London: Baldwin, 1773, f.p. 566. Ralph Hyde attributes this to Thomas Bowen, on the grounds of similarity to the Queenhithe and Vintry map [Exeter 18382].

Scale:

1:3600*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

23.5 x 18.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some public buildings pictorial.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively, (pictorial): Anglican and French are pictorial.

Public buildings:

internal revenue

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, Ward

Known copies of map:

Ralph Hyde's ward map catalogue, no. 39: BL PP 5437 [London Magazine, vol 37, 2:68 [HW39(1)]]; Noorthouck 1772/3 (fp 566) [HW39(2)]: 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); BLML Maps 3495(16).

Gardens:

shown: [Inferred from stipple].

Miscellaneous:

Has both putative garden stipple and other areas infilled with dashes.

Service and professional:

Bank of England

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top left: St Christopher, Threadneedle St; right centre and bottom: St Bartholomew behind the Royal Exchange, St Bennet Finch, Threadneedle St.