Maitland’s Plan of Tower Street Ward
SKU: 8817Title:
Maitland’s Plan of Tower Street Ward
Date of publication:
c.1756
Printed Measurement:
37 x 23.5 cm
Colour:
black and white
Mapmaker(s):
Engraver(s):
Benjamin Cole
Tower Street Ward with their [sic] divisions into Parishes according to a new survey
Copper engraving, 37 x 23.5 cm, engraved by Benjamin Cole, black and white, blank verso; ward plan of Tower Street published in the greatly expanded second edition of Maitland’s History of London.
Significant buildings, such as Custom House and the Navy Office, are represented pictorially on the map; with the arms of contemporary Alderman Sir Thomas Chitty and views of East India House and Westminster Hall in the panel at the foot. Hyde, Ward Maps, 102.