Cardiganshire-Aberystwyth-1834
CBTM:
23121
Map Date:
1834
Repository reference:
LlGC Map 5446
Historic county:
Cardiganshire
Town name:
Aberystwyth
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SN583817
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SO 2005
Map title:
'Plan of Aberystwyth, Cardigan, by John Wood 1834.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from photo of battered original. Tables, bottom right, of post miles, fairs, and population in 1831, with estimate of seamen.
Scale:
1:1584
Map-maker:
John Wood, Aberystwyth [sv, pb], J. & W. Smith, Lithog., Edinr. [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
68.0 x 56.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
watermills, (symbol)
Water transport infrastructure:
river stairs
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Chalybeate Well.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Welfare and charitable:
dispensaries, misc: Medical Hall.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
Ceredigion RO, LGC Map 5445, Map 5446 [originals]; BOL G1/C16.6 [1992: ].
Industry:
engineering, lime/cement, ship yards, rope walk, textiles
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Gardens:
shown: [One only, by church].
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms: 'Reading Billiard and Assembly Rooms'.
Magnetic data:
diagram: Top left.
Parkland:
public parks: [Castle Hill: with Seats].
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Castle.
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners: [Not in built-up part].
Relief:
cliffs
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1885
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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