Cumberland-Whitehaven-1790
CBTM:
19198
Map Date:
1790
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] Library
Historic county:
Cumberland
Town name:
Whitehaven
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NX973182
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NX 9914
Map title:
'A plan of the town & harbour of Whitehaven in the county of Cumberland from an actual survey anno 1790 by J. Howard'.
Comments on map:
In William Hutchinson, The history of the county of Cumberland, Carlisle: Law, etc, 1794, 2 vols, II, f.p. 41. Orientation slightly wonky.
Scale:
1:2376
Map-maker:
J. Howard [author].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
41.3 x 50.3 [may be sightly cropped].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised, walls: [Some walls shown by 'chequer' effect].
Water transport infrastructure:
piers, misc: Coal Steaths, Granary, Guines Ware House; named piers, etc.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
customs
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: [Battery, Fort; 'Castle' seems to be a house].
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Markets and exchanges:
cross, markets: [Two markets, and Market Crofs].
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
scattered tree cover, orchards
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 2000(1), K.Top. 10.23, BL 1786.d.9, HLR942.78, 190.b.13, G.3486, 11630.d.17(2), G.3487, BOL Gough Cumberland 3, Gough Cumberland 4, Cumberland RO D/Lec/Plans/2/100, Carlisle Public Library, 'large cabinet', [in book:] A.95; TNA [PRO] Library; BL X.802/2979, BOL G.A.Cumb.4o 83/2 [1790/1974, in facsimile with new intro by C.R. Hudleston, pb EP Publishing & Cumberland County Library]; BL 290.e.35, G.3192(1), 578.c.36, BOL G.A.Cumb. 4o 48, CUL Maps.c.56.81.1, Carlisle Public Library, Z.117 and A.24 [1811, in Jollie's Cumberland Guide & Directory, pt 2].
Industry:
food/drink, lime/cement, oil/soap etc, ship yards, rope walk: [Three breweries, identified in reference; 'Ship Buildings' on stipple along shore].
Railways:
industrial tramways/waggonways
Gardens:
shown: Includes Common Gardens: variety of styles.
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners: [Mr Hogarth's Buildings].
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Extractive activity:
coal, quarries/pits
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1862-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898
1:2500
1:10,560
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