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

CBTM:

22254

Map Date:

[1772]

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 203.ee.22

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

London: Cripplegate Ward

Map type:

Ward

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ314817

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3281

Map title:

'Cripplegate Ward, divided into its parishes, from a late survey.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from John Noorthouck, A new history of London, London: Baldwin, 1773, f.p. 606. Ralph Hyde attributes this to Thomas Bowen, on the grounds of similarity to the Queenhithe and Vintry map [Exeter 18382].

Scale:

1:5940*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

23.3 x 17.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

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

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, Ward

Known copies of map:

Ralph Hyde's ward map catalogue, no. 69: BL PP 5437 [London Magazine, vol 40, 8:71 [HW69(1)]]; Noorthouck 1772/3 (fp 606) [HW69(2)]: 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).

Gardens:

shown

Antiquities:

London Wall.

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom right: St Alban's, Wood Street.