Cumberland-Maryport-1834
CBTM:
19911
Map Date:
1834
Repository reference:
Carlisle Public Library, Local Studies, Z.115
Historic county:
Cumberland
Town name:
Maryport
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NY036365
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NY 0436
Map title:
'Plan of Maryport...'
Comments on map:
Includes statistics as to inhabitants, houses and registered vessels in 1834, and latutude and longitude, and note that: 'The first grant of Land for Building ground in this Town, and on which now stands the Queen's Head Inn, Senhouse Street, was made by the Grandfather of the present H. Senhouse, Esqr., unto Jno. Sharp, dated 31st. Jany. 1749.
Scale:
1:1800
Map-maker:
W. Mitchell [sv], J. Neele & Co., Burleigh St, Strand, London [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
76.5 x 60.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised: Not all are described.
Turnpikes:
shown: Indicated by gates in plan: subtle.
Mills:
watermills
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, jetties, lighthouses, piers, misc: Tongue.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: 'Church' in gothic, Friends Meeting House in lower-case Roman (as are inns), others in italic.
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
Carlisle Public Library, Z.115.
Industry:
ship yards, rope walk, textiles, timber
Railways:
industrial tramways/waggonways
River and foreshore features:
springs
Gardens:
shown
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Roman Station, Roman Camp, Tumulus, Castle Hill.
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners, industrial owners: [Humphrey Senhouse's lands (extent unclear)].
Relief:
prominent hills
Dedicee of map:
Humphrey Senhouse, Esq.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1863
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1900
1:2500
1:10,560
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