Cornwall-Redruth-1855
CBTM:
11984
Map Date:
? 1855
Repository reference:
Cornwall RO DDX 44/1, Cornish Centre (Redruth)
Historic county:
Cornwall
Town name:
Redruth
Map type:
Sanitary
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
SW658419
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SW 7041
Map title:
[Index sheet only:] 'Plan of the town of Redruth in the County of Cornwall... 1855.'
Comments on map:
Cornwall RO only has Sheet 4; in May 1993 the others were still with Kerrier District Council. Cornish Centre has complete set of photocopies, being 17 sheets plus a reduced index sheet at 1:2160. Stamped as second class by General Board of Health, 30 Jan 1855. The detailed mapping has comparatively little more naming than does the index map.
Scale:
1:528*
Map-maker:
R. Symons and Son, Truro [sv], W.B. Symons, Lithographer, Quay, Truro [lith, of index sheet only].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
90.7 x 61.2 (x 17) [35.6 x 23.7 ins within neat lines], 82.3 x 69.2.
Number of parts:
18
Legends:
altitude information
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished, stables/coach houses: With both 'Veranda' and 'Verandah' [sic].
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, sanitary hazards: Offices, privies [symbol], Pump; Abbreviations: C.H., Co.H, G.H. [? greenhouse], St., ST or CoH, W.H.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative: Ctg Ho and Coke at Assay Office.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
Cornwall RO DDX 44/1 [sheet 4 only]; Cornish Centre [photos: complete].
Industry:
engineering, food/drink, smithing, timber, uncertain, misc: Bone Mill, Clay Works, Kiln House, Safety Fuse Factory: includes Cellars and Vat Room at Brewery.
Railways:
routes, earthworks, goods depots, named, rails, passenger stations
Gardens:
shown, nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Extractive activity:
metal ore, quarries/pits: With Tail of Adit; wheel shown in plan at Stamping Mill.
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
cow-keeping
Residual industrial land-use and waste:
relict extraction: Old Engine Ho., numerous mounds and Old Shafts.
Miscellaneous street furniture:
18M from Penzance.
Other land-uses & land-cover:
misc: Hay Yard.
Stated measuerments:
bench marks, basement levels, spot heights: Levels all to 0.01 ft. Bench marks noted as 1 foot above levels given on map.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1877
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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