Skip to content

Surrey-Clapham-1849

CBTM:
20702
Map Date:
1849
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 5320 (1)
Historic county:
Surrey
Town name:
Clapham
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ295755
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3080
Map title:
'Plan of the parish of Clapham, in the county of Surrey. 1849.'
Comments on map:
Names of subscribers (55) listed in alphabetical order, top right.
Scale:
1:4752
Map-maker:
Messrs A. & R. Bland, Surveyors, 14 Woodland Terrace, Charlton, Kent [sv], Henry Martin, 14 Beaufort Buildings, Strand [eng], D. Batten, Clapham Common [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
85.5 x 59.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Spring Well.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Non-Anglican are all 'Chapel'.
Welfare and charitable:
orphanages, misc: Clapham Retreat.
Education and academic:
schools
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 5320(1), BOL (E)C17:70 London (126), CUL Maps.73.84.1; BLML Maps 5345(26), BOL (E)C17:70 London (118), CUL Maps.aa.73.97.1, RGS Eng & Wales S.400 [London: the Clapham Soc., 1973: from original in GLC Map Colln].
Industry:
food/drink
Gardens:
shown, nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Landowners and occupiers:
notable residents: [Subscribers to map].
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
At bottom of map: section, west-south-west-to-east-north-east across common, etc, with vertical scale 1:480.
Commons:
shown
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Other land-uses & land-cover:
misc: Drying Ground.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1848-50
1:1056
1:5280
1:10,560
Skeleton survey
1868-9
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
1893-4
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
#document