Surrey-Rotherhithe-1848 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20962

Map Date:

? 1848

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 4157 (1)

Historic county:

Surrey

Town name:

Rotherhithe

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ355795

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3181

Map title:

'Plan of the parish of St Mary Rotherhithe. Ecclesiastically divided.'

Comments on map:

Dated 1848 in BLML 1967 catalogue: seems plausible: undated 'early' BM blue stamp. Scale graduated in chains, but measurement suggests 1:5280. Rather light on text.

Scale:

1:5280

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

70.7 x 45.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Ordinary buildings black, churches and schools unfilled.

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs: Only one set of stairs.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Education and academic:

schools

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 4157(1), Southwark Library Map cabt 2, Map 181.

Railways:

routes, named

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1867

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1893-4

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560