Middlesex-London: Cheap Ward-1769 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22201

Map Date:

? 1769

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 203.ee.22

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

London: Cheap Ward

Map type:

Ward

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ324812

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3281

Map title:

'Cheap Ward with its 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. 587. 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]:

22.8 x 16.8 [map: plate 24.2 x 18.5].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised: Notable buildings pictorial.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish

Known copies of map:

Ralph Hyde's ward map catalogue, no.54: BL PP 5437 [London Magazine, vol 38, January 1769 [HW54(1)]; BOL Gough Maps 19 Fol 42B, 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) (fp 587)]; BLML Maps 3495(18) [HW54(2)].

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:

aldermen: [John Kirkman Esq (Hyde says was Alderman for Cheap Ward, 1768-80)].

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete