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Middlesex-London: Farringdon Ward Without-1756

CBTM:
22268
Map Date:
[1756]
Repository reference:
BL 190.f.11-12
Historic county:
Middlesex
Town name:
London: Farringdon Ward Without
Map type:
Ward
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ314812
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3281
Map title:
'Faringdon Ward Without with its division into parishes according to a new survey.'
Comments on map:
In William Maitland 'and others', The history and survey of London from its foundation to the present time, II, London: Osborne, etc, 1756, f.p 960.
Scale:
1:2640*
Map-maker:
B. Cole [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
47.2 x 37.2
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some public, etc, buildings pictorial.
Water transport infrastructure:
river stairs
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, Ward
Known copies of map:
Ralph Hyde's ward map catalogue, no. 79: Maitland, 1756 (II, fp 960), 1760, 1772, 1775 [William Maitland, The history of London from its foundation to the present time (London: Osborne 1756, 1760), or Maitland & John Etick (same title) (London: Wilkie 1772, 1775) (also English Architecture, or the publick buildings of London and Westminster, London: Osborne 1760) [Eng Arch: BL K.60.g.5]
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc: 'The old Play house'.
Service and professional:
Inns of Court
Antiquities:
Wall.
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top right: Temple Bar; bottom right: Bridewell North Gate.
Arms and heraldry:
dedicee of map
Cemeteries:
shown
Walls, embankments, etc:
Palings (?) in Smithfield.
Dedicee of map:
Richard Beckford, Esq., Alderman of Faringdon Without in 1755.
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