Surrey-Lambeth-1769
CBTM:
20976
Map Date:
1769
Repository reference:
Southwark Local Studies Library, Map Cabinet 1, Map 413
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 the 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, as proposed in the year 1768, but the dotted lines, shew these now intended in ye year 1769.'
Comments on map:
From the Universal Magazine, 44, May 1769, p.225. Similar to the ?1768 map [Exeter 20975], but includes more of Southwark, though the additional part lacks building infill.
Scale:
1:6480
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
36.8 x 25.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills
Water transport infrastructure:
river stairs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
CUL Atlas.7.74.13,5a, Southwark Library Map Cabt 1, Map 413.
Industry:
textiles, timber
Waterbodies:
shown
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
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