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Cumberland-Penrith-1852

CBTM:
15791
Map Date:
1852
Repository reference:
Cumberland RO DB/74/P/70
Historic county:
Cumberland
Town name:
Penrith
Map type:
Sanitary
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NY514305
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NY 5132
Map title:
'Town and Neighbourhood of Penrith'.
Comments on map:
Made for Local Board of Health, 1852. Field numbers stated to be from tithe plan of Penrith of 1839.
Scale:
1:2640
Map-maker:
Day & Son, Lithrs to the Queen [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
132 x 76
Number of parts:
2
Legends:
altitude information: Bench marks: note below title.
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, misc: Rising Main, Intended Reservoirs, Intended water wheel & pumps, Conduit from Filter Bed.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Education and academic:
schools
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
Cumberland RO DB/74/P/70.
Industry:
food/drink, textiles
Railways:
routes, named, rails, passenger stations, misc: Warehouse.
Gardens:
shown, nurseries
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Plague Stone.
Geodetic notes:
1:528 sheetlines (pecked, not numbered or labelled).
Stated measuerments:
bench marks, spot heights: To 0.01 ft.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1859-60
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1897-8
1:2500
1:10,560
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