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Cumberland-Penrith-1852

CBTM:
15783
Map Date:
? 1852
Repository reference:
Cumberland RO (map chest)
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
Comments on map:
No date or author given: all sheets have 1852 General Board of Health stamps, and sheet I has 'Survey approved by the General Board of Health. By Order of the Board. Henry Austin. Whitehall 20th Octr. 1852'. 'Scales' of feet and chains on map face. Sheets I-XII, (NW-SE: XI, XII, IX, X ... I, II); orientated NW-ish.
Scale:
1:528
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
99 x 68 [x 12] [37 x 24 inches within neat lines].
Number of parts:
12
Legends:
general legend: 'Reference' on map face on Sheet I: SG, Sewer Grate; o, Privvy; W.C., Water Closet; [underlined] Do Overhead; WH, Wash House; Cn, Cistern; R.S., Rain Spout; St, Stable; CH, Coach House; CoH, Cow house; GH, Green house; B.M. (+ arrow), Bench March; o in rectangle, Pump; 'Brick Houses and Buildings coloured thus [carmine]; Wooden Houses, Sheds, and Outhouses [dark grey]; Stone Paving and Flagging [light grey]; Macadam or Ballast [light primrose]; Garden Ground [pale green with primrose 'paths'].'
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised, stables/coach houses, steps to buildings
Turnpikes:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, sanitary hazards, misc: Mouth of present sewer, pumps, privvies [o], House Watering Place, Lamps (dot in small circle). Abbreviations: R.S. [Rain Spout], RS Hutton Spout [with fine pecked blue line leading away therefrom, to gasometer], SG [Sewer Grate], W.C. [Water Closet], [underlined] [Do Overhead], WH [Wash House], Cn [Cistern], St [Stable], CH [Coach House], CoH [Cow house].
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Education and academic:
schools
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
Cumberland RO (map chest).
Industry:
engineering, food/drink, rope walk, timber, uncertain: Factory Yard.
Railways:
goods depots, motive power depots, named, turntables, rails, passenger stations, misc: Weighing Machine, Cattle Landing, Carriage Landing, Crane, Tank.
River and foreshore features:
misc: Dotted blue for courses under buildings.
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Several Weighing Machines.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Plague Stone.
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
cow-keeping, kennels
Residual industrial land-use and waste:
relict industry: Old Brewery.
Garden and park buildings:
greenhouses
Stated measuerments:
bench marks, basement levels, spot heights, other: All to 0.01 ft. 'The Levels are calculated at a Datum 50 Feet below Ordnance Mark at Union Place. The Red Figures on the houses denote the level of the lowest floor.'
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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