Maitland’s Plan of Baynard’s Castle & Faringdon Wards Publisher(s)_T Bensley & Son Sheet 1058

Sheet 1058

This map (two sheets from Horwood's magnificent 32 sheet survey) includes St James’s Square

Mauritanian king rather than the weary titan) and the original Mercator Atlas (published in parts between 1585 and 1595) was an enormous advance in scientific terms: like Abraham Ortelius

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and the Central Powers are the heroes of the piece

Maitland’s Plan of Baynard’s Castle & Faringdon Wards Publisher(s)_T Bensley & Son Sheet 1058Baynards Castle Ward [and] Faringdon Ward with their divisions into Parishes according to a new survey This was plan of Baynards Castle and Faringdon was published in the greatly expanded second edition of Maitlands History of London. Significant buildings, such as St Pauls, are represented pictorially on the map; the River Fleet is labelled both The New Canall and Fleet Ditch; with the arms of contemporary Aldermen Sir Robert Ladbroke and William