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

CBTM:

22253

Map Date:

[1772]

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 203.ee.22

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

London: Castle Baynard Ward, Farringdon Ward Within

Map type:

Ward

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ319812

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3281

Map title:

'Baynards Castle Ward and Farringdon Ward Within, 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. 579. 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]:

24.3 x 18.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

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

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs, wharfs

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Public buildings:

College of Heralds

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, Ward

Known copies of map:

Ralph Hyde's ward map catalogue, no. 47: BL PP 5437 [London Magazine, vol 36, 8:67 [HW47(1)]]; Noorthouck 1772/3 (fp 579) [HW47(2)]: BL 1786.d.3, maps Ref P.3 [3 plates missing], G.3483*, 190.b.17 [1 pl missing], BLML Maps 203.ee.22 [John Noorthouck, A new history of London including Westminster & Southwark (London: Baldwin 1773); BLML Maps 3495(17).

Gardens:

shown: [Inferred from stipple].

Antiquities:

Baynard Castle, London Wall.

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom left: St Martins Ludgate; on right: St Bennets Pauls Wharf, St Andrews Wardrobe.

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

The bagnio [pictorial].