Surrey-Lambeth-1768 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20975

Map Date:

? 1768

Repository reference:

Southwark Local Studies Library, Map Cabinet 1, Map 329

Historic county:

Surrey

Town name:

Lambeth, Southwark

Map type:

Highways

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ316798

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

'A plan of streets, roads, &c, between Black Fryers Bridge, London Bridge, Westminster Bridge, Lambeth, Newington Butts, & St Margarets Hill, as they now are, together with the new intended streets, roads & communication in strong black lines.'

Comments on map:

Cover less extensive on east than the 1769 map [Exeter 20976]. As this map shows the earlier scheme, it is presumably dateable to 1768.

Scale:

1:7200

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

33.7 x 23.3 [overall: plate 34.7 x 24.7].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

important roads only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs

Places of Worship:

landmarks only

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

Southwark Library Map Cabt 1, Map 329.

Industry:

food/drink, textiles, timber

Gardens:

shown

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

pictorial 'realistic': Horseman riding along road with milestones, from ye Standd.

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom right, on side: 'A view of the new bridge at Black Fryers', 1:2640.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

out-of-town inns only

Ordnance Survey's

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1870-1

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1893-4

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560