Middlesex-Stepney: Mile End-1703 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18330

Map Date:

1703

Repository reference:

[Private collection]

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

Stepney: Mile End

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ357818

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

'A map of the hamlet of Mile-end Old Town in the parish of Stepney alias Stebunheath surveyed Ano Dom: 1703 Iohn Mumford Churchwardn Ioel Gascoyne Surveyor Iohn Harris Engraver'.

Comments on map:

Recorded from London Topographical Society facsimile 155 (1995); scale and dimensions derived from William Ravenhill's data. '552.1.6' at bottom of acreage: possibly total acreage.

Scale:

1:5469

Map-maker:

Joel Gascoyne [sv], John Harris [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

61.0 x 48.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

general legend: Bounds of the hamlet, buildings, publick gardens, private gardens, common sewers, high and drift wayes, ponds, foot wayes.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: One field is 'The Dunghill' (NE of Whitechapel church).

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

boundary mereings: [One only].

Known copies of map:

BLML K.Top.28.18.a, BL Crace.Port.XVI.26,28,32,33; BLML Maps 4100(1) [Mile End]; BL M.T.6.b.1(28) [photo of variant edn in Brasenose Coll, Oxford]; Tower Hamlets no.421 [uncertain status]; Tower Hamlets library map 325 [not Whitechapel]; Tower Hamlets library [numerous copies, indexed under constituent hamlets]; BOL G.A.Middx.4o 49 [1890-1: from Hill & Frere, ed, Memorials of Stepney Parish, pb Billing & Son]; BL [London Argus, I, 20, 2:10:97, 8]; BOL (E)C17:28(86), RGS Eng & Wales S.785, Tower Hamlets library map 2427 [London Topographical Society, 1995].

River and foreshore features:

misc: Common sewers.

Gardens:

shown: [Private gardens: use lighter stipple].

Parkland:

public parks: [Public gardens, named: use heavier stipple.]

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown incompletely

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Below title cattle are being herded; others are being milked; in the background under a tree a man is giving a mug to a woman.

Commons:

shown

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Reference letters include 'Mr Mumfords Churchwarden' and watch house.

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1869

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1893-4

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560