Cheshire-Nantwich-1851
CBTM:
15323
Map Date:
1851
Repository reference:
Cheshire RO LUN 4639/2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Historic county:
Cheshire
Town name:
Nantwich
Map type:
Sanitary
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SJ652523
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SJ 6850
Comments on map:
Town of Nantwich. Surveyed 1851 in accordance with Public Health Act; signed by Capt Andrew Beatty, R.E. (date cropped: ?10:51). Two 1:2640 sheets, five 1:528. No title or index sheet: limit of 1:528 work only shown on 1:2640 plans. No building interiors, though tenement divisions appear.
Scale:
1:528
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
97 x 65 [x 7].
Number of parts:
7
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme, land-use: The colours for roads etc appear to correspond to those elsewhere: 1:2640 is all primrose, 1:528 is primrose roads out of town, grey ones in it, and some orange areas.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
masonry distinguished, archways, stables/coach houses, steps to buildings, walls, Z: Sheds [black dashes on grey].
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
fire stations, gas works, sanitary hazards: Draw Well, Well, privies (o); abbreviations: C.S., CoH, Cn, W.H., St, SG, BrH, P, D.B., DP, T, Pt, Py.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish
Known copies of map:
Cheshire RO LUN 4639/2-/7.
Industry:
salt, bricks/tiles, chemicals, food/drink, smithing, textiles, timber, uncertain, misc: [Mill]; Coal Yard, Coach Manufactory.
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Churche's Mansion 1567.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Weighing Machine, Public Weighing Machine.
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
cow-keeping, pig-keeping, pounds/pinfolds: [Pinfold].
Cemeteries:
shown
Geodetic notes:
[Any statement as the origin used has been cropped.]
Garden and park buildings:
summer houses
Other land-uses & land-cover:
heath/uncultivated
Stated measuerments:
bench marks, basement levels, spot heights, other: Surface of Water 7th Way 1851; bench marks and basement levels to 0.1 ft, above mean sea level.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1874
1:528
1:2500
1:10,560
1897
1:2500
1:10,560
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