Middlesex-London: Coleman Street Ward-1784 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23314

Map Date:

[1784]

Repository reference:

BL 1854.a.16

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

London: Coleman Street Ward, Bassishaw Ward, Portsoken Ward, Cripplegate Ward

Map type:

Ward

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ325814

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3281

Map title:

'Plan of Coleman Street and Bassishaw Wards divided into parishes from a new survey.', 'Plan of Portsoken Ward divided into parishes from a new survey.', 'Plan of Cripplegate, Ward divided into parishes, from a new survey.' [sic].

Comments on map:

In William Thornton, The new, complete and universal history and description of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent, London: Hogg, 1784, f.p. 406-7. At top of map: 'Engrav'd for Thorntons New & complete history & survey of London, & Westminster, &c'. The Coleman Street part is 1:4000*, the others are closer to 1:7000*. Ralph Hyde suggests that the engraver may be John Royce.

Scale:

1:5000*

Map-maker:

? John Royce [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

21.5 x 33.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

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

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Welfare and charitable:

mental

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish

Known copies of map:

Ralph Hyde's ward map catalogue, no. 60: Thornton 1784 (fp 407) [HW60(1)]; Thornton n.d., Skinner 1795 (fp 407) [HW60(2)]: BL 1854.a.16 [William Thornton, The new, complete & universal history, description & survey of the cities of London, Westminster, the borough of Southwark, & parts adjacent (London: Hogg 1784)]; Richard Skinner, A new & complete history & description of the cities of London, Westminster, the borough of Southwark, & parts adjacent, London: Hogg, 1796].

Antiquities:

London Wall.

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Restrained.

Clubs and societies:

Freemasons, trade and livery company halls

Commons:

shown: [Lower Moor Fields].

Borders:

decorative: Restrained.

Tenement boundaries group:

generalised/schematic