Maitland’s Plan of Cheap Ward
SKU: 8816Title:
Maitland’s Plan of Cheap Ward
Date of publication:
c.1756
Printed Measurement:
36.5 x 47 cm
Colour:
black and white
Mapmaker(s):
Engraver(s):
Benjamin Cole
Cheap Ward with its divisions into Parishes according to a new survey
Copper engraving, 36.5 x 47 cm, engraved by Benjamin Cole, black and white, blank verso; ward plan of Cheap published in the greatly expanded second edition of Maitland’s History of London.
Significant buildings, such as Guildhall, are represented pictorially on the map; views of Guildhall Chapel, Grocers’ Hall etc, and with the arms of contemporary Alderman Sir Samuel Fludyer, with dedication in lower margin. Hyde, Ward Maps, 53.