Derbyshire-Derby-1819 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18925

Map Date:

10.9.1819

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] T72/12

Historic county:

Derbyshire

Town name:

Derby

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SK352366

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SK 3535

Map title:

'...Survey and plan of the borough of Derby...'.

Comments on map:

An early example of the highly-finished post-Waterloo town map: this one extends well out into the country, with hedges and fields. One of those maps which aren't very informative about how to earn a living, but seduce the eye with land-use ornament. Scales in yards and chains.

Scale:

1:4752

Map-maker:

I.T. Swanwick [sv], S.I. Neele & Son, 352 Strand [eng], John Chatterton & John Thos. Swanwick, Derby [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

92.0 x 71.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours

Colouring:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative: Including Intended New Town Hall.

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

misc.: Depot [south of town].

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish

Known copies of map:

Derbyshire RO D470E/P.44, TNA [PRO] T72/12.

Industry:

furniture/pottery, textiles: [Only Silk Mills and Porcelain Works apparent].

River and foreshore features:

springs: Becket Well.

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top right: 'Taken from St Mary's Bridge': church [= cathedral] and silk mill.

Relief:

prominent hills

Borders:

keyboard type

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Miscellaneous street furniture:

Distances to Loughborough & London [A.6].

Dedicee of map:

William Spencer, Duke of Devonshire, Lord High Steward of the Corporation; Hon.Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish & William Coke, Esq., M.P.s; Mayor, 'The Gentlemen of the Body Corporate'.

Ordnance Survey's

1881-2

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560