On offer: an original (i.e. not a later reproduction) antique print "Breadstreet Ward and Cordwainer's Ward with their Divisions into Parishes according to a new Survey.", London.
A map/plan centred on Watling Street and Bread Street. The map is decorated with an ornate title-piece. Includes two views of parish churches: St Matthews in Friday Street and St Mildred in Bread Street.
DATE PRINTED: 1773. Dated 1772 on the print, the date of engraving.
SIZE: The printed area including titles is approximately 23.5 x 18.5 cm (9.25 x 7.25 inches) plus margins (medium).
ARTIST/CARTOGRAPHER/ENGRAVER: Attributed to Thomas Bowen, this series of plans were copied from those by Benjamin Cole and were first published in a series for The London Magazine by Robert Baldwin from 1766. Robert Baldwin was also the publisher of A New History of London including Westminster and Southwark by John Noorthouck in 1773, and the plates were re-used for this work. Cole's plans were themselves closely copied from Richard Blome's which were in turn based on the survey of London by John Ogilby and others and produced for Reverend John Strypes illustrated version of John Stow's Survey of London published in 1720. These were days before copyright law!
PROVENANCE: Produced for the “London Magazine”, the present (slightly revised) version of the map was utilised in John Noorthouck’s part-work “A New History of London including Westminster and Southwark” (London : 1772-1773). Written by John Noorthouck (1732–1816).
TYPE: Antique copper plate engraving printed on paper.
VERSO: There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is blank.
CONDITION: Good, suitable for framing. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Virtually all antiquarian maps and prints are subject to some normal aging due to use and time which is not significant unless otherwise stated. I offer a no questions asked return policy.
AUTHENTICITY: This is an authentic antique print, published at the date stated above. I do not offer reproductions. It is not a modern copy. The term 'original' when applied to a print means that it was printed at the first or original date of publication; it does not imply that the item is unique.
RETURNS POLICY: I offer a no questions returns policy. All I ask is that you pay return shipping and mail back to me in original condition.
POSTAGE / SHIPPING COSTS: I only charge postage for the first print ordered. There is no additional postage charge if you order more than one print.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Bread Street is one of the 26 wards of the City of London the name deriving from its principal street, which was anciently the city's bread market; already named Bredstrate (to at least 1180) for by the records it appears as that in 1302, Edward I announced that "the bakers of Bromley and Stratford-le-Bow [London], and ones already living on the street, were forbidden from selling bread from their own homes or bakeries, and could only do so from Bread Street.".
Cordwainer is a small, almost rectangular-shaped ward in the City of London, England. It is named after the cordwainers, the professional shoemakers who historically lived and worked in this particular area of London; there is a Livery Company for the trade — the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers. The ward is sometimes referred to as the "Cordwainers' ward". It is bounded to the north by Poultry and Cheapside (the boundary with Cheap ward); to the west by the eponymous Bread Street and the ward of the same name; to the south by Cannon Street (and Vintry and Dowgate wards); and to the east by Walbrook ward and a street of the same name. Streets within Cordwainer's boundaries are, amongst others, Bow Lane, Pancras Lane and part of Watling Street. Queen Street runs north–south through the centre of the ward.
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