Surrey-Rotherhithe-1898 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22369

Map Date:

[1898]

Repository reference:

BL Newspaper Library [no pressmark]

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:

'Sketch map of the parish of Rotherhithe.'

Comments on map:

In The London Argus, A weekly journal and review of municipal life, Vol III, no.55, 4 June 1898, p.45. Has note that is taken from unpublished drawing by Norman Scorgie, A.M.I.C.E., Surveyor to the Rotherhithe Vestry (his portrait appears a couple of pages later). A lot of minor names illegible.

Scale:

1:12,000*

Map-maker:

[London Argus [dr, pb].]

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

19 x 28

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, piers

Sanitary and utility information:

municipal depots

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries, workhouses

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish: [Area within parish stippled].

Known copies of map:

BL pp.2476.BCB.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

public parks

Cemeteries:

shown: With Public Mortuary.

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