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Berkshire-Newbury-1849

CBTM:
22469
Map Date:
1849
Repository reference:
Berkshire RO D/EX 295 P1
Historic county:
Berkshire
Town name:
Newbury
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SU471671
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SU 4870
Map title:
'Newbury and Speenhamland.'
Comments on map:
Inset on Davis's Ten miles round Newbury, 1849.
Scale:
1:4752
Map-maker:
Cornelius B. Davis, The Hitchin, East Woodhay, Land Surveyor [author], C.F. Cheffins, Lithographer, Southampton Bdgs, Holborn [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
27.7 x 39.2 [maximum].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
clergy residences
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
watermills
Water transport infrastructure:
wharfs
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, dispensaries, hospitals
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
misc: Greenham, Newbury, Speenhamland.
Known copies of map:
Berkshire RO D/EX 295 P1, Newbury District Museum.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Miscellaneous:
The Litten, Padburys [unclear what these are].
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Above reference: castle-like building.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1874
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898
1:2500
1:10,560
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