Bedfordshire-Bedford-1884 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20678

Map Date:

1884

Repository reference:

Bedford Central Library Local Studies [map cabinet C]

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, 1884.'

Comments on map:

Minimalist: presumably derives from Mercer's 1876-84 mapping [Exeter 20648]. Respectable Victorian househunters evidently wanted to know how far it was to the nearest church, if their being the majority of buildings shown is any guide.

Scale:

1:12,672*

Map-maker:

F.T. Mercer, Surveyor, Bedford [author], S.R. Townshend, Bedford House Agents, 34 Bromham Road, nearly opposite Trinity Church [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

18.5 x 24.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges

Recreation and sports venues:

bathing

Known copies of map:

Bedford Central Library Local Studies.

Industry:

ship yards: [One boat yard only].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Parkland:

public parks

Miscellaneous transport-related:

New Bridge [i.e. county bridge, by present County Hall]: pecked.

Other land-uses & land-cover:

building ground: Estates named.

Ordnance Survey's

1881-2

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900

1:2500

1:10,560