Berkshire-Reading-1842 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22517

Map Date:

[1842]

Repository reference:

Reading Central Library Local Studies R/CY

Historic county:

Berkshire

Town name:

Reading

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SU714733

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 7172

Map title:

'Map of Reading.'

Comments on map:

Apparently an engraved plate included in ordinary letterpress on p.55 of John Snare (compil), The post-office Reading Directory, Reading: Snare, 1842: letterpress on pp 55-6 is 'Index to the streets, courts, &c. of Reading.'

Scale:

1:25,344*

Map-maker:

E. Weller, sculp [eng], [John Snare, Reading [pr, pb]].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

9.0 x 9.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, misc: Water Tower.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

[BL PP.2508.acs map is missing], Reading Library R/CY.

Industry:

bricks/tiles

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Antiquities:

Abbey Ruins.

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

The Oracle.

Ordnance Survey's

1875-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1898

1:2500

1:10,560