Middlesex-Twickenham-1846 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19609

Map Date:

1846

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 4190 (1) [reference at Maps 9.b.4]

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

Twickenham

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ150733

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 2075

Map title:

'Plan of the parish of Twickenham, Middlesex.'

Comments on map:

More densely built-up parts not mapped in detail; unlike Isleworth [Exeter 19584] there are no enlargements, and there are corresponding gaps in the reference. 'Reference to the plan of the parish of Twickenham, Middlesex; surveyed in the years 1813 and 1814; corrected in 1845; by W.T. Warren, Isleworth, land surveyor and draughtsman to His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.', Brentford: printed by M.A. Norbury, Post Office. Royal arms on cover. 1 page note on [p.3]; 74 subscribers (pp 5-6), of whom the Duke of Northumberland took two copies: others include Thomas Bygrave, 14 Clements Inn, Messrs E. & G.N. Driver, Richmond Terrace, Whitehall, and Messrs Sanderson & Ryde, King St, Westminster. Reference gives names of proprietors and 'description', i.e. land-use, and acreage.

Scale:

1:4752

Map-maker:

Willm Thos Warren, Surveyor, Isleworth [sv, pb], C.F. Cheffins zincog. Southampton Buildings, Holborn, London [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

123.0 x 70.5

Number of parts:

1

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Education and academic:

schools

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BLML maps 4190(1) [Bk Ref at Maps 9.b.4].

Industry:

paper/print, misc: Gunpowder Mills.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Arms and heraldry:

dedicee of map, royal arms: [Royal in boss, Northumberland at north pointer tip].

Dedicee of map:

His Grace the Most Noble Hugh, Duke and Earl of Northumberland, K.G.

Ordnance Survey's

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1863-5

1:2500

1:10,560

1894-5

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560