Essex-Colchester-1836 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18914

Map Date:

? 1836

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] T72/12

Historic county:

Essex

Town name:

Colchester

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TL995252

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TL 9925

Map title:

'Colchester, from the Ordnance Survey.'

Scale:

1:15,840

Map-maker:

G.W. Carrington [dr].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

43.0 x 34.0

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

windmills, watermills, (pictorial)

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] T72/12 [original manuscript]; printed version originally prepared for inclusion in B.P.P. (H.C.) 1837 (238) XXVI.1, Report of the Commissioners appointed to report and advise upon the boundaries and wards of certain boroughs and corporate towns, (England and Wales.) Part I.

Industry:

distilling

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

There is also a 1:63,360 map of the borough.

Monuments:

obelisks: [In High St].

Ordnance Survey's

1875

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560