Middlesex-London: St Giles in the Fields-1720 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19414

Map Date:

[1720]

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] Library

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

London: St Giles in the Fields

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ302814

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

*

Map title:

'A mapp of the parish of St Giles's in the fields taken from the last survey, with corrections and additions.'

Comments on map:

In: John Stow, revised John Strype, A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, and the borough of Southwark, 6th edition, London: Innys, etc, 2 vols, 1754-5, Vol II (1755), f.p. 76.

Scale:

1:2880

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

36.2 x 30.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only: Some pictorial.

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

[In book form:] BL 1791.d.5, HLL 942.1 [1720]; BL 189.F.10, BOL E 10.31, Douce S.Subt 45, 46, TNA [PRO] Library [open access] [1754-5, ed 6]; [loose:] Camden 85.245 1720 [1720]; BL 189.f.10 [1755].

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Commons:

shown

Symbolic elements:

Face (fantastic): at top of cartouche.

Ordnance Survey's

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1870-1

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1894

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560