Carnarvonshire-Llandudno-1861 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22475

Map Date:

[1861]

Repository reference:

BL 10369.f.11

Historic county:

Carnarvonshire

Town name:

Conwy, Llandudno

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SH782823

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SH 7469

Map title:

'Map of Llandudno and environs.'

Comments on map:

F.p. viii in R. Parry, Llandudno: its history and natural history, Llandudno: Williams, 1861. The map seems designed to act as an independent publication: on p.vi says 'The best edition of the work is embellished with a correct Map of the Town and Vicinity, with Illustrations of the most attractive objects of the place.'

Scale:

1:15,840

Map-maker:

W. King, Essex St, King St, Manchester [eng], T. Williams, Chemist, Llandudno [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

47.8 x 29.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

inside built-up area only

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

windmills

Water transport infrastructure:

misc: Pleasure Boats, Lifeboat Sta.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BL 10369.f.11, BOL G.A.Wales 8o 41.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Miscellaneous:

Snowden to be seen from this Elevation [sic].

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground, misc: Maze.

Antiquities:

Ancient Tower.

Relief:

shown partially

Monuments:

statues: [Statue of Hercules].

Post and telegraphs:

visual telegraphs

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Rocking Stone.

Residual industrial land-use and waste:

relict extraction: Old Mine.

Ordnance Survey's

1887

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560

1887

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560