Middlesex-London: Dowgate Ward-1855
CBTM:
23209
Map Date:
26.6.1855
Repository reference:
London Metropolitan Archives [ex City of London Record Office] Secondary's Plan no.19
Historic county:
Middlesex
Town name:
London: Dowgate Ward
Map type:
Ward
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
TQ326807
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3281
Map title:
'Plan of Dowgate Ward'.
Comments on map:
'Enlarged from the Outline Maps of the Ordnance Survey'.
Scale:
1:528
Map-maker:
Saml Angell, Michael Meredith [sv].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
92.5 x 61.3
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, land-use: Open space, including yards, pale green.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
house numbers
Buildings:
shown, archways, public buildings emphasised: Public buildings darker carmine, churches dark beige. ['X' for archways].
Water transport infrastructure:
river stairs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public/administrative boundaries:
Ward: [Boundaries not shown as such, but mapped detail stops at boundary].
Known copies of map:
Ralph Hyde's ward map catalogue, no. 72: London Metropolitan Archives [ex CLRO] (Secondary's Plan 19) [HW72].
Industry:
food/drink
Symbolic elements:
Sword: as centre of direction-star.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Cemeteries:
shown
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
You can download the pdf version of this map
here