Middlesex-London: Queenhithe Ward-1855 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23218

Map Date:

26.7.1855

Repository reference:

London Metropolitan Archives [ex City of London Record Office] Secondary's Plan no.28

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

London: Queenhithe Ward

Map type:

Ward

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ321809

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3281

Map title:

'Plan of Queenhithe Ward'.

Comments on map:

'Enlarged from the Outline Maps of the Ordnance Survey'.

Scale:

1:528

Map-maker:

Saml Angell, 7 Great Winchester St, Michael Meredith, 18 Gower St [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

93.2 x 59.3

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]. Queen Victoria Street added later in red, and affected buildings tinted light orange.

Water transport infrastructure:

shown

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. 100: London Metropolitan Archives [ex CLRO] (Secondary's Plan 28) [HW100].

Symbolic elements:

Sword: as centre of direction-star.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Cemeteries:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete