Surrey-Rotherhithe: St Mary Rotherhithe-1843 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18172

Map Date:

1843

Repository reference:

Southwark Library

Historic county:

Surrey

Town name:

Rotherhithe: St Mary Rotherhithe

Map type:

Rating

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TQ358795

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3275

Comments on map:

Reference separate. Surveyed in 1843 by authors; 1844 ?Tithe Commission receipt stamp, smudged. Main map 1:480, docks mapped at 1:960. Sheets numbered 1-30 plus 6A, 10A, 16A, 16B, and delimited by streets and streams. The final sheet is a street index. [No watermark in paper.]

Scale:

1:480

Map-maker:

George Allen and George Porter [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

78 x 64 [x 36].

Number of parts:

36

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use

Road names:

generally

Building names:

house numbers

Buildings:

shown, stables/coach houses

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, river stairs, wharfs, misc: Crane, Bonding Yard.

Sanitary and utility information:

fire stations, gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

police, misc: Watch House.

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Recreation and sports venues:

misc: Skittle Grounds (behind public houses).

Known copies of map:

Southwark Library SC.912.St.M.R., 'oversize reserve stock

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, smithing, stone/builders' yards, lime/cement, ship yards, oil/soap etc, rope walk, furniture/pottery, timber, uncertain, misc: Mills, Manufactory, Tobacco Grounds, Carriage Shed.

Railways:

routes, earthworks, named, misc: Viaduct, with piers.

Gardens:

shown

Waterbodies:

shown

Miscellaneous service buildings:

[Open Sheds, Open Courts], Wash Houses, Chaise House.

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Entrance Staircase to the Rotherhithe Tunnel.

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

cow-keeping: [Cow Sheds, Cow Yard].

Cemeteries:

shown

Garden and park buildings:

summer houses

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown: Hatched, so they stand out more than any other building.

Other land-uses & land-cover:

marsh/wetland, 'vacant ground'

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

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