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Surrey-Southwark: St Olave-1853

CBTM:
18175
Map Date:
1853
Repository reference:
Southwark Library
Historic county:
Surrey
Town name:
Southwark: St Olave, St Thomas, and Horsleydown
Map type:
Sanitary
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
TQ383799
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3275
Map title:
'East Division of Southwark
Comments on map:
Some similarity in general look to Ordnance Survey 1:1056/528, but without levels. Now cut into 8, and further sectioned 3 x 3; outer margins cropped, but manageable. Catalogue suggests maker is Arthur Newman.
Scale:
1:528
Map-maker:
? Arthur J. Rennell [?], 5 Duke Street, London Bridge [author].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
370 x 155
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme, other: Flagging or setts at road junctions (grey pavement effect).
Road names:
generally
Building names:
clergy residences
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised, archways, stables/coach houses, walls: Interiors of public buildings shown, including stairs, with thick solid black lines for walls, and including archways and vaulting [dotted X], but no descriptions.
Water transport infrastructure:
wharfs, misc: Site of Proposed New Dock.
Sanitary and utility information:
fire stations, municipal depots, sanitary hazards: Bake Ho., Oven, S.G.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
misc.: Ordnance Military Depot [with leaseholder].
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Recreation and sports venues:
misc: Skittle Ground (behind pub).
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish
Known copies of map:
Southwark Library '912', also 6 sheets (lacking portion near London Bridge), Map draw 5, Maps 818-823.
Industry:
engineering, food/drink, oil/soap etc, rope walk, textiles, timber, abbatoirs, misc: Coal Shed, Wheelwright's Shops, Coopers Yard & Work Shop, Hay & Straw Warehouse.
Railways:
routes, named, turntables, platforms, rails, passenger stations: Buffer stops in plan.
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners: [Some occupiers (?) of wharves, etc].
Waterbodies:
shown
Miscellaneous service buildings:
[Temporary Shed].
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Paving-slab effect in grey for what are evidently setted road junctions, etc.
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Arcade [by London Bridge station approach].
Cemeteries:
shown
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
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
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