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Description: | This plan was published in Allen's 'History of London' of 1828. It's title and a list of the city wards feature below the plan, with ward boundaries indicated by a dotted line. City wards were created in the Norman era with aldermen elected for life for the purpose of government. Ward 'beadles' were employed fulltime with responsibility for the "preservation of peace, supervision of trading, sanitation and local upkeep". | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Publisher: | Allen, Thomas | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Plans Cartography And Topography Ward Plans & Districts & Parishes London maps Maps | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Allen, Thomas | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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