Middlesex-Westminster-1847 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19620

Map Date:

1847

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 3700 (4)

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

Chelsea, Paddington, Westminster

Map type:

Utility

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ262820

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

'Map of the Ranelagh District. 1847. Sewers. Westminster & part of Middlesex.'

Comments on map:

No indication of who made it, or why it was commissioned. More impressive visually from a distance than close to. Includes parts of the parishes of Willesden, Hampstead, Paddington [complete], Marylebone, Kensington, Chelsea, St Margaret Westminster and St George Hanover Square.

Scale:

1:3168

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

120 x 283

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, sewers: The dots could be manholes; the figures alongside could be dates of construction: latest is '10)1847', earliest noted is '11)1825'.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, workhouses, misc: Royal Military Asylum.

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 3700 (4).

Industry:

food/drink, misc: Floor Cloth Manufactories.

Railways:

routes, named

Parkland:

public parks

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

prominent hills

Borders:

keyboard type

Cemeteries:

shown

Miscellaneous street furniture:

Milestones with distances.

Ordnance Survey's

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1864

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

1864-5

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1893

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