Bedfordshire-Bedford-1878 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20648

Map Date:

1878

Repository reference:

Bedfordshire Archives BP 52/1

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 borough of Bedford from actual survey in the years 1876 1878 by Francis Thomas Mercer Surveyor &c Bedford.'

Comments on map:

Derivation may be from Reynolds, 1841 [Exeter 20658].

Scale:

1:2376

Map-maker:

F.T. Mercer, Surveyor, Bedford [author, pb]; Shaw & Sons, Fetter Lane, London [eng, pr].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

82.3 x 119.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

shown, glazed areas, public buildings emphasised: [Glazed areas indicated by 'X'].

Water transport infrastructure:

wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, Ward

Known copies of map:

Bedfordshire RO X1./28, BP 52/1, BP52/2 [1878: original]; Bedfordshire RO X/1/88/1 [Bedfordshire RO repro]; BLML Maps 1360(1), BOL C17:70 Bedford (3), CUL Maps.50.88.1 [1884: reduced to 1:9504, 22 x 33: Whiteman & Bass [photo-litho]].

Industry:

engineering, food/drink

Railways:

routes, motive power depots, named, rails, passenger stations

River and foreshore features:

misc: Fountain.

Antiquities:

Castle Hill.

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Inset plans of cemetery, top right, and County School, bottom left.

Monuments:

memorials: [Bunyan Memorial].

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Cemeteries:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1881-2

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900

1:2500

1:10,560