PLAN of the TOWER OF LONDON FROM A Drawing made in the Year MDCCXXVI
This is a 19th-century copy of a 1726 Lempiere drawing made by the London Society of Antiquaries. The plan's title features in square tablet at top right, with scale bar at bottom centre and a key to towers, chapels and streets in panel at top left. The term 'liberties' refers to the area under the Tower's independent jurisdiction. Until 1686, the liberties of the Tower were restricted to the area within its walls and the land on Tower Hill. Three territories were added by James II's charter of 1686: the Minories, the Artillery Ground and the Wellclose.
The British LibraryLempiere, C.
1815
1815