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Middlesex-London: Tower Street Ward-1772

CBTM:
22258
Map Date:
[1772]
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 203.ee.22
Historic county:
Middlesex
Town name:
London: Tower Street Ward
Map type:
Ward
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
TQ333807
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3281
Map title:
'Tower Street Ward divided into its parishes according to a late survey.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from John Noorthouck, A new history of London, London: Baldwin, 1773, f.p. 668. Ralph Hyde attributes this to Thomas Bowen, on the grounds of similarity to the Queenhithe and Vintry map [Exeter 18382].
Scale:
1:2400*
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
22.0 x 17.2
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some public buildings pictorial.
Water transport infrastructure:
docks
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Public buildings:
central government: Navy Office.
Welfare and charitable:
misc: Trinity House.
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, Ward
Known copies of map:
Ralph Hyde's ward map catalogue, no. 103: Noorthouck 1772/3 (fp 668: 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)).
Gardens:
shown: [Inferred from stipple].
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls
Arms and heraldry:
aldermen: [Samuel Turner (Hyde says was Alderman for Tower Ward 1762-75)].
Cemeteries:
shown
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