Middlesex-London: Cheap Ward-1756 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22264

Map Date:

[1756]

Repository reference:

BL 190.f.11-12

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

London: Cheap Ward

Map type:

Ward

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ324812

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3281

Map title:

'Cheap Ward with its division into parishes according to a new survey.'

Comments on map:

In William Maitland 'and others', The history and survey of London from its foundation to the present time, II, London: Osborne, etc, 1756, f.p 880.

Scale:

1:1440*

Map-maker:

B. Cole [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

48.0 x 36.8

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

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

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, Ward

Known copies of map:

Ralph Hyde's ward map catalogue, no. 53: Maitland, 1756 (II, fp 880), 1760, 1772, 1775 [William Maitland, The history of London from its foundation to the present time (London: Osborne 1756, 1760), or Maitland & John Etick (same title) (London: Wilkie 1772, 1775) (also English Architecture, or the publick buildings of London and Westminster, London: Osborne 1760) [Eng Arch: BL K.60.g.5]

Gardens:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top left: Guild Hall Chapel; top right: Grocers Hall; bottom left: St Mildred, Poultry; bottom right: Blackwell Hall.

Arms and heraldry:

dedicee of map

Dedicee of map:

Samuel Fludyer, Esq., Alderman of Cheap Ward and one of the Sheriffs of London in 1755.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete