Middlesex-London: Tower Ward-1858
CBTM:
18383
Map Date:
3.1858
Repository reference:
London Metropolitan Archives [ex City of London Record Office] Secondary's Plan no.29
Historic county:
Middlesex
Town name:
London: Tower Ward
Map type:
Ward
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
TQ333807
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3281
Map title:
'Plan of Tower Ward'.
Comments on map:
'Enlarged from the Outline Maps of the Ordnance Survey'.
Scale:
1:528
Map-maker:
Saml Angell, Michael Meredith [sv].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
106.0 x 85.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, land-use: Open space, including yards, is pale green.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
house numbers
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised, archways, steps to buildings: Public buildings darker carmine, churches dark beige. Archways [X].
Water transport infrastructure:
docks
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
customs, internal revenue: Including Commrs of Customs Stable Yard.
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges
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. 104. London Metropolitan Archives [ex CLRO] (Secondary's Plan 29) [original]; [1999: Ralph Hyde, Ward maps of the City of London, London Topographical Society, 1999] [HW104].
Industry:
warehousing: [E. & W. India Company's Warehouse].
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations: No detail.
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls
Symbolic elements:
Sword: as centre of direction-star.
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Widening of Great Tower Street indicated in red.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Business & commercial:
misc: Commercial Sale Rooms.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
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