Bedfordshire-Bedford-1841 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20658

Map Date:

1841

Repository reference:

Bedfordshire Archives, map cabinet in searchroom

Historic county:

Bedfordshire

Town name:

Bedford

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TL050497

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TL 0549

Map title:

'Map of the town of Bedford from actual survey in the year 1841.'

Comments on map:

Reynolds is 'surveyor, Bedford', in title: author details from publication note, bottom centre.

Scale:

1:2376

Map-maker:

M. Reynolds, Land Surveyor, Old Warden, Beds [sv, pb], G.E. Madley, 8 Wellington St, Strand, London [lith, pr].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

57.8 x 70.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, Ward

Known copies of map:

Bedfordshire RO R.1/138, BP 55, Z.236/7 [poor copy], R.1/138 [varnished copy]; Bedford Central Library Local Studies [reduced repro]; BOL G.A.Beds 4o 62/1 [in M.F. Hopkinson, Economy & society in a Victorian county town]; Bedfordshire RO X/1/88/1).

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Antiquities:

Castle Hill.

Waterbodies:

shown

Borders:

keyboard type

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [At each corner].

Dedicee of map:

Mayor, Aldermen & Burgesses.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1881-2

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900

1:2500

1:10,560