Bedfordshire-Luton-1839 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20662

Map Date:

1839

Repository reference:

Bedfordshire Archives C.2264

Historic county:

Bedfordshire

Town name:

Luton

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TL092212

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TL 0322

Map title:

'Plan of the township of Luton in the county of Bedford 1839'.

Comments on map:

Bottom right: 'Reduced from plan of Luton parish by E. Brown, Silsoe, Beds'. Land-use colouring for arable and grass suggests estate map: all unbuilt-on fields numbered: cadastre not to hand.

Scale:

1:6336

Map-maker:

E. Brown, Silsoe, Beds [dr].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

96.0 x 64.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Bedfordshire RO C.2264.

Waterbodies:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1878-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899-1900

1:2500

1:10,560