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Cumberland-Carlisle-1855

CBTM:
23149
Map Date:
1855
Repository reference:
BL 10351.f.23
Historic county:
Cumberland
Town name:
Carlisle
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NY400460
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NY 4155
Comments on map:
F.p. [1] of History of Carlisle, past and present, Carlisle: A. Thurnam, 1855. Sans-serif writing.
Scale:
1:5040
Map-maker:
Richard Asquith, Surveyor and Land Agent, Carlisle [author], A. Thurnam, Lith., Carlisle [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
50.0 x 35.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
Buildings: 'The Cathedral, Churches, & other Public Buildings are marked in full.'
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised: Shaded-frontages type.
Mills:
watermills
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
dispensaries, infirmaries
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses: With Grand Stand.
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish
Known copies of map:
BL 10351.f.23, BOL G.A.Cumb.8o 2.
Industry:
food/drink, uncertain: Mostly Mills or Works: Slater's and Carr's biscuit mills get into the Reference.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
libraries/newsrooms
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
industrial owners
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes, learned societies
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Residual industrial land-use and waste:
relict industry: Old Brewery.
Other land-uses & land-cover:
misc: Sauceries (Royal Agricultural Show).
Ordnance Survey's
1863-4
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898-9
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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