Middlesex-Westminster: St Giles in the Fields-1866

CBTM:

19617

Map Date:

1866

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 3495 (93)

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

St George Bloomsbury, Westminster: St Giles in the Fields

Map type:

Parish

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ301819

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

'Plan of the parishes of St Giles in the Fields and St George Bloomsbury. Surveyed by G.J.J. Mair. F.I.B.A. A.D. 1866.'

Comments on map:

High-class map, impeccably executed.

Scale:

1:2160

Map-maker:

G.J.J. Mair, F.I.B.A. [sv], Edward Weller, F.R.G.S., 34 Red Lion Square [eng], John H. Swan [dr].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

64.8 x 71.0

Number of parts:

2

Legends:

Buildings, boundaries, ownership

Road names:

generally

Building names:

house numbers

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised, archways: Building infills include parish property [cf Exeter 19614] and 'Lead flats over kitchin offices' [lighter stipple].

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Only the two parish chuches are described; all are shown by reversed-out cross, irresprective of denomination.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges: [Schools all 'R.C.'].

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 3495(93), Camden 85.245 1866.

Industry:

food/drink: [Several breweries].

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, museums

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground: [Interiors of squares].

Service and professional:

Inns of Court: [Lincolns Inn Hall].

Landowners and occupiers:

industrial owners: [A few premises identified only by proprietory names: Heal & Co, Crosse & Blackwell].

Clubs and societies:

Freemasons, misc: Russell Instutution, [Freemasons Tavern: in Great Queen St].

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

On right: the two parish churches.

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

cow-keeping: [Cow Sheds: map is especially valuable for these].

Cemeteries:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

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