Middlesex-Westminster-1847 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19616

Map Date:

31.1.1847

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 3495 (56)

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

Auchterarder, Westminster

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ295795

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

'...Map of the City and Liberty of Westminster...'

Comments on map:

Long letterpress list of public buildings, etc, bottom left. Uninspired-looking map.

Scale:

1:5400

Map-maker:

Thos Cooke [author], J. Gardner & Co. Zincogrs. Bride Court, Bride La., Fleet St. [lith], J. Wyld, Geographer to the Queen, Charing Cross East [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

106.3 x 72.2

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

Buildings, boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Many buildings are emphasised, but can only be identified tenatively, via the letterpress reference.

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, workhouses, misc: Chelsea College, i.e. Chelsea Hospital.

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish, misc: Duchy of Lancaster.

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 3495(56), Bishopgate L.18, BOL (E)C17:70 London (288).

Industry:

bricks/tiles, distilling, misc: Wheel Works, Cubbitt's Workshop.

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks, insurance offices

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Monuments:

statues: [Mostly in reference and not precisely indicated on map].

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Cemeteries:

shown

Dedicee of map:

Very Rev. William Buckland, D.D., Dean of Westminster, His Grace Walter Francis, Duke of Buccleuch, Lord High Steward; Thos Lightfoot, Esq., Deputy High Steward; and the Court of Burgesses.

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