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Surrey-Southwark-1775

CBTM:
21262
Map Date:
1775
Repository reference:
Southwark Local Studies Library, Map Drawer 2, Maps 39, 40, 41, 42
Historic county:
Surrey
Town name:
Rotherhithe, Southwark, Bermondsey
Map type:
Utility
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
TQ330800
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3181
Map title:
'A plan of the principal sewers... extending from East Mouldsey... Surrey, to the River Ravesbourne,... Kent. Surveyed 1774 & 1775 by G. Gwilt'.
Comments on map:
Streets and parish boundaries only: most buildings omitted. [Stephen Humphreys, the local studies librarian at Southwark, points out that these maps aren't necessarily good sources for natural watercourses, as so much had been diverted or gone underground before accurate maps were made.]
Scale:
1:3000
Map-maker:
G. Gwilt [sv].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
198 x 137
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
roads, water, boundaries, other: Water green, parish names red.
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted.
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, river stairs, misc: Sluices.
Sanitary and utility information:
sewers
Places of Worship:
incomplete Anglican/established only
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish
Known copies of map:
Southwark Library Map Drawer 2, Maps 39, 40, 41, 42.
Industry:
rope walk, textiles: [Tenter grounds, tanneries].
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary for location purposes
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Map material:
parchment
Ordnance Survey's
1848-50
1:1056
1:5280
1:10,560
Skeleton survey
1871
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
1893-4
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
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
1848-50
1:1056
1:5280
1:10,560
Skeleton survey
1871
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
1893-4
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
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