Breconshire-Brecon-1834 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23116

Map Date:

1834

Repository reference:

LlGC Maybery 17 Map 11023

Historic county:

Breconshire

Town name:

Brecon

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO045285

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SO 0428

Map title:

'Plan of Brecknock from actual survey 1834'.

Comments on map:

Bottom right are tables of market days, post miles, fairs, and population in 1831.

Scale:

1:2376

Map-maker:

John Wood, Surveyor, Caernarvon [sv], W. Murphy & J. Wood, Edinr. [eng], Brecknock [sold at].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

62.5 x 68.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours

Colouring:

estate: Seem to be manors or similar divisions.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

watermills

Canals:

shown, wharf

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, misc: Well.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, infirmaries

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses, sports grounds: With Distance Chair, Winning Chair, Grand Stand.

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

uncertain

Known copies of map:

LGC Maybery 17, Map 11023.

Industry:

lime/cement, rope walk

Railways:

industrial tramways/waggonways: [Apparently so: in vicinity of canal].

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Antiquities:

Ruins.

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown incompletely: [Not in most built-up part].

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom right: Borough, 1:31,680, from Ordnance Survey.

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown: [Huge number shown].

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1886-7

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560