Berkshire-Windsor-1852 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20953

Map Date:

? 1852

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 1455 (4)

Historic county:

Berkshire

Town name:

Windsor

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

SU969768

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 9379

Comments on map:

Of southern part of town: purpose unclear, but some fields are numbered with acreages, and main sewers are indicated. Dated 1860 in BLML 1967 catalogue, with RD 12 OCT 1901 yellow, but Eugene Burden in Printed maps of Berkshire, 3rd revision, dates it 1852. Main emphasis is away from the most densely built-up part.

Scale:

1:1584

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

69.5 x 126.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Buildings generalised in the most built-up part, but elsewhere shown in detail. Some lack infill: rationale is unclear.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, sewers: [Some main sewers].

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Anglican named in gothic.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Education and academic:

schools

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 1455(4).

Industry:

bricks/tiles

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown: [Some indications of garden and lawn by annotation].

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary for location purposes

Waterbodies:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Miscellaneous service buildings:

[Site of Old Royal Mews, Royal Stables with Riding House].

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

some inns: Perhaps for locational purposes.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1866-7

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897-8

1:2500

1:10,560