Middlesex-Westminster-1840 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19445

Map Date:

1.1840

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 3700 (1)

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

Hampstead, Kensington, Marylebone, Westminster

Map type:

Land Drainage

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ295795

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

'Plan of the districts drained by water courses, discharging into the River Thames, between the City of London and the parish of Fulham, being that portion of the general district under the jurisdiction of the Commissioners of Sewers for the city & liberty of Westminster, and part of the county of Middlesex, which is referred to in the act 47 Geo.III sec.I. chap.V. Local & Personal.'

Comments on map:

BLML copy described here is 'Corrected to January 1840', but Westminster Archives has a copy of c.1834. A high-class map, with some use as a map of Westminster.

Scale:

1:7920

Map-maker:

G. Gladwin ['sculpt'], James Wyld, Geographer to the King, Charing Cross East ['Drawn & Engraved'].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

94.5 x 127.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours, sanitation: Sewers and open watercourses.

Colouring:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works: Open sewers and watercourses indicated, as per legend.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, central government, Parliament

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, misc: Sewer districts.

Known copies of map:

Westminster Archives Map Cabt A, Ashbridge 061 [1834.c]; Westminster Archives Strong Room 118 [corr. to January 1840 & August 1844]; BLML Maps 3700(1) [1840]; BLML Maps 3700(9) [1844].

Industry:

chemicals, food/drink, textiles

Railways:

routes, earthworks, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, art galleries

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

prominent hills

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [Westminster: or the Sewers Commissioners].

Cemeteries:

shown

Walls, embankments, etc:

Bank to protect the Low Lands from the River Water during the Spring Tides.

Ordnance Survey's

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1865-7

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1893-4

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1861-4

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1893-4

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1868-1876

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1894-7

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1869

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

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

1848-51

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey