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

CBTM:

22252

Map Date:

[1772]

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 203.ee.22

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

London: Candlewick Ward, Langbourn Ward

Map type:

Ward

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ329809

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3281

Map title:

'Candlewick and Langbourn Wards, with their divisions into parishes, according to a new survey.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from John Noorthouck, A new history of London, London: Baldwin, 1773, f.p. 576. Ralph Hyde attributes this to Thomas Bowen, on the grounds of similarity to the Queenhithe and Vintry map [Exeter 18382].

Scale:

1:2400*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

23.7 x 18.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

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

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, Ward

Known copies of map:

Ralph Hyde's ward map catalogue, no. 43: BL PP 5437 [London Magazine, vol 37, 12:68 [HW43(1)]]; Noorthouck 1772/3 (fp 576) [HW43(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).

Gardens:

shown: [Inferred from stipple].

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top left: Allhallows Lombard St; top right: Allhallows Staining Crutched Friars; bottom left: St Nicholas Eastcheap; bottom right: St Mary Woolnoth, Lombard St.

Monuments:

Monuments, (pictorial)

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown