Bedfordshire-Luton-1855 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19197

Map Date:

1855

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] Library

Historic county:

Bedfordshire

Town name:

Luton

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TL092212

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TL 0322

Map title:

'Map of Luton, 1855.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from William Austin, The history of Luton and its hamlets, Newport, IoW: The County Press, 1928, II, 169: no provenance given, and unclear how far it may have been reduced: scale graduations seem wrong, giving 1 inch to 24 chains.

Scale:

1:9504

Map-maker:

R. Todd, Luton 'Sct' [? author].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

10.2 x 15.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Sanitary and utility information:

fire stations, gas works: [Fire station is 'Engine House'].

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

BL 010268.i.4, TNA [PRO] Library (in Henry Austin, History of Luton, II (1928), 150); BL X.808/820 [1964: in John Dony et al, The story of Luton, ed 1]; BL X.809/4139 [1966: in John Dony et al, The story of Luton, ed 2].

Railways:

projected or otherwise unbuilt lines, named

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Antiquities:

Sites of two castles.

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1878-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899-1900

1:2500

1:10,560