Middlesex-Whitechapel-1882 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22315

Map Date:

2.1882

Repository reference:

CUL Maps.c.18.G.11

Historic county:

Middlesex

Town name:

Whitechapel

Map type:

municipal

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ342814

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

'The Board of Works for the Whitechapel district. Map of the District, shewing the divisions of the several parishes within the district, the improvements effected therein, improvements in progress and also projected improvements.'

Comments on map:

Map appears to be selective transcript of Ordnance Survey 1:2500.

Scale:

1:2500

Map-maker:

W. La riviere, Surveyor to the Board [author], Waterlow & Sons Ltd, London Wall, London [pr].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

71.7 x 110.3

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

other: Improvements in progress (pecked lines).

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, misc: Dock House.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Defence and military:

drill halls

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, sailors

Education and academic:

schools

Recreation and sports venues:

recreation grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish

Known copies of map:

CUL Maps.c.18.G.11.

Industry:

misc: Mint.

Railways:

routes, named, goods depots

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Antiquities:

Tower Hill (in gothic).

Waterbodies:

shown

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Improvements in progress (pecked lines).

Ordnance Survey's

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1872

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1894

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560