Middlesex-Westminster-1658 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18540

Map Date:

? 1658

Repository reference:

University of Exeter Geography Department

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

Westminster

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ295795

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Comments on map:

The Hollar 'Great Map': recorded from Fisher-Margary (1981).

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

Weinselas Hollar [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

45.0 x 33.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs: Named.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

[Not in Darlington & Howgego.] Print Room Hollar Vol VIII, p.38; BLML Maps 3480 (376), BOL Arch AA a.18, BOL (E)C17:70 London (470), Camden 85.23 1658 [London Topographical Society, 1902]; BOL (E)C17:70 London (1240), BOL (E)C17:70 London (1250), RGS 14.B.282 [1981: Harry Margary & Guildhall Library, Early maps of London, 1553-1667: intro by John Fisher].

Gardens:

shown

Commons:

shown

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Boats on river, some traffic in wider streets, and rutting in Tottenham Court Road.

Ordnance Survey's

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1868-70

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1893-4

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560