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Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjoining, shewing every house : [sheet 5]

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Printed map. "Published as the act directs by R. Horwood May 24 1799." [25.5 inches = 1 mile]. The original map was published on 32 sheets. McMaster's copy has been joined to form 8 sheets. Described in Felix Barker and Peter Jackson, The History of London in Maps. (London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1990) p.83: “The outcome of nine years work, every road and alley, garden and field was shown on a scale of 26 inches [not exactly accurate, but close] to the mile. As far as was possible every house was numbered. Ninety-four feet square [closer to 101 square feet by my calculation], this was the largest map ever printed in Britain.” Acquired as part of the Lord Cholmondely collection.

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Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjoining, shewing every house : [sheet 5]
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Printed map. "Published as the act directs by R. Horwood May 24 1799." [25.5 inches = 1 mile]. The original map was published on 32 sheets. McMaster's copy has been joined to form 8 sheets. Described in Felix Barker and Peter Jackson, The History of London in Maps. (London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1990) p.83: “The outcome of nine years work, every road and alley, garden and field was shown on a scale of 26 inches [not exactly accurate, but close] to the mile. As far as was possible every house was numbered. Ninety-four feet square [closer to 101 square feet by my calculation], this was the largest map ever printed in Britain.” Acquired as part of the Lord Cholmondely collection.
Publisher
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Horwood, Richard
Date
1799
Type
Format
map, [1:2,500 approximately]
Identifier
macrepo:80979, local: RMC_4342
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Language
eng
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London (England), Europe--England--London
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