Middlesex-Poplar-1898 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22372

Map Date:

[1898]

Repository reference:

BL Newspaper Library [no pressmark]

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

Poplar

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ377807

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

'Sketch map of the parish of Poplar.'

Comments on map:

In The London Argus, A weekly journal and review of municipal life, Vol III, no.62, 23 July 1898, p.179.

Scale:

1:19,008*

Map-maker:

[London Argus [dr, pb].]

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

18 x 26

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

important roads only

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Public buildings:

police: [Thames Police Sta.].

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish: [Area within parish stippled].

Known copies of map:

BL pp.2476.BCB.

Industry:

engineering, misc: Soap, Telegraph Cables.

Railways:

routes, passenger stations

Ordnance Survey's

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1866

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1893

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560