Middlesex-Westminster-1856 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22311

Map Date:

[1856]

Repository reference:

CUL Atlas 7.85.13

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

Biggar, Westminster

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ295795

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Comments on map:

A very curious thing: what seems to be a single-sheet map, or possibly two sheets, but cut along the parish boundaries and pasted opposite the relevant sections of T. Cooke, Westminster local directory; being a guide to all the streets, public buildings, scientific, charitable and other institutions; accompanied by a general history of its early and present boundaries... intended as a companion to the map of Westminster, 3rd edition, London: James Wyld, 1856. Cooke is 'Sealing Officer': the 'directory' has no personal information. The treatment of the map indicates that it is an integral part of the 'package', but at the edges it has a neat-line and ruled border, suggesting that it may also have an independent existence.

Scale:

1:4800*

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

120 x 75 [estmated maximum printed area of single sheet or sheets for continuous cover].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some public, etc, buildings emphasised but not named.

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, sewers: Kings Scholar Pond Sewer [sic].

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish

Known copies of map:

CUL Atlas.7.85.13.

Industry:

distilling, food/drink, uncertain: Workshop.

Leisure and entertainment:

art galleries

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground: Including squares, etc.

Service and professional:

Inns of Court

Landowners and occupiers:

industrial owners: [Cubbitt's Workshop].

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies, trade and livery company halls

Monuments:

columns: [D. of York Column].

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Intended New Road [Victoria St], Nelsons Column.

Cemeteries:

shown

Dedicee of map:

[Book:] 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