Middlesex-London: Cow Cross-1720 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19411

Map Date:

[1720]

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] Library

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

London: Cow Cross, St Sepulchres Without, Charterhouse

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ318818

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

*

Map title:

'Cow Cross being St Sepulcher parish without and the Charter House taken from ye last survey with corrections'.

Comments on map:

In: John Stow, revised John Strype, A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, and the borough of Southwark, 6th edition, London: Innys, etc, 2 vols, 1754-5, Vol II (1755), f.p. 59.

Scale:

1:2400

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

30.2 x 17.3

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

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

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town walls, (pictorial)

Education and academic:

schools: [Charterhouse].

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish

Known copies of map:

[In book form:] BL 1791.d.5, HLL 942.1 [1720]; BL 189.F.10, BOL E 10.31, Douce S.Subt 45, 46, TNA [PRO] Library [open access] [1754-5, ed 6]; [loose:] Camden 85.245 1755 [1755].

Symbolic elements:

Head (rather feline): at top of cartouche.

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Hicks Hall [pictorial], Porters Block.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1870-72

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1894

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560