Middlesex-London: Lime Street Ward-1772
CBTM:
22256
Map Date:
[1772]
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 203.ee.22
Historic county:
Middlesex
Town name:
London: Lime Street Ward
Map type:
Ward
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
TQ332811
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3281
Map title:
'Limestreet Ward divided into parishes according to a late survey'.
Comments on map:
Recorded from John Noorthouck, A new history of London, London: Baldwin, 1773, f.p. 662. Ralph Hyde attributes this to Thomas Bowen, on the grounds of similarity to the Queenhithe and Vintry map [Exeter 18382].
Scale:
1:5540
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
22.7 x 16.7
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. 90: BL PP 5437 [London Magazine, vol 40, 11:71 [HW90(1)]]; Noorthouck 1772/3 (fp 662) [HW90(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); BLML Maps 3495(19).
Gardens:
shown: [Inferred from stipple].
Antiquities:
Double line is presumably London Wall.
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top left: front of Leaden Hall.
Arms and heraldry:
aldermen: [Sir Robt Kite (Hyde says was alderman for Lime Street Ward 1756-72)].
Business & commercial:
East India Company
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown
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