Bedfordshire-Bedford-1865 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20660

Map Date:

5.1865

Repository reference:

Bedfordshire Archives X.613/1

Historic county:

Bedfordshire

Town name:

Bedford

Map type:

Utility

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TL050497

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TL 0549

Map title:

'Bedford Waterworks plan.'

Comments on map:

'Contract D', 'Drawing no.1': signed by Lawson, May 1865. Streets and water mains only.

Scale:

1:2376

Map-maker:

John Lawson, C.E., 34 Parliament St. Westminster [? author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

135.0 x 88.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

sanitation

Colouring:

Buildings, water, decorative: Brown-shaded title.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Frontages indicated, but nothing else.

Sanitary and utility information:

pumping stations, reservoirs, water mains: Pipes in dark blue, with stop valves, hydrants, and diameters.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Education and academic:

schools

Known copies of map:

Bedfordshire RO X.613/1.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls

Antiquities:

Castle Hill.

Borders:

decorative: Pale blue.

Stated measuerments:

other: Pipe diameters.

Ordnance Survey's

1881-2

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900

1:2500

1:10,560