Buckinghamshire-Fenny Stratford-1887 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

14851

Map Date:

1887

Repository reference:

Buckinghamshire RO DC 14/39/12 R

Historic county:

Buckinghamshire

Town name:

Fenny Stratford

Map type:

Sanitary

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SP882341

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SP8829

Comments on map:

'Fenny Stratford Parochial Sanitary Committee Parish Map'. Straightforward enlargement from Ordnance Survey 1:2500, but with additional buildings and streets, some evidently added to the map after originally completed.

Scale:

1:1250

Map-maker:

Henry F. Smith [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

202 x 147

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, utilities

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

masonry distinguished

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, misc: Red lines presumably water or sewers; well.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

police

Education and academic:

schools

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

Buckinghamshire RO DC 14/39/12 R .

Industry:

smithing, lime/cement

Railways:

earthworks, platforms, rails, passenger stations, misc: Signal box; full track layouts.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Other land-uses & land-cover:

marsh/wetland

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1880

1:2500

1:10,560

1898

1:2500

1:10,560