Cumberland-Whitehaven-1888 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19883

Map Date:

? 1888

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/288

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:

'Borough of Whitehaven.'

Comments on map:

Clean-cut, evidently derived from OS: rather lacking in text and detail. Stamped by Furness Railway, 11 July 1888.

Scale:

1:3000

Map-maker:

J. Gibson Dees, C.E., Whitehaven [author], Waterlow & Sons Limited, London Wall, London [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

55.5 x 64.8

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Colouring:

water

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Blocks only in built-up area.

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, harbours

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses, sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

township, misc: Town and Urban Sanitary District.

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/288.

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, metallurgical processing, furniture/pottery, timber, misc: 'Tobacco pipes': industry or farm?

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Waterbodies:

shown

Extractive activity:

coal

Cemeteries:

shown

Stated measuerments:

bench marks, spot heights: Both rather exiguous.

Ordnance Survey's

1862-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1898

1:2500

1:10,560