Denbighshire-Wrexham-1861
CBTM:
23126
Map Date:
1861
Repository reference:
LlGC Ac.458
Historic county:
Denbighshire
Town name:
Wrexham
Map type:
Sanitary
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SJ335505
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SJ 3547
Map title:
'Plan of the borough of Wrexham in the county of Denbigh North Wales. 1861.'
Comments on map:
Not stated to be sanitary, but the sheet lines for 1:528 make it obvious.
Scale:
1:2640
Map-maker:
Henry C. Roper, C.E., Dudley [sv], Kell Bros, Lithrs, 8 Castle St, Holborn [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
99.7 x 129.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
building infill omitted, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Town Well.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
drill halls
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, boundary markers: [Stones].
Known copies of map:
LGC Ac 458.
Industry:
engineering, food/drink, textiles
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, rails, passenger stations
Gardens:
shown, nurseries
Miscellaneous:
Sheet lines for 1:528: indicated by usual pecked lines.
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits: Indicated by hachures.
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Pecked lines presumably indicate streets, etc, laid out.
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
kennels
Cemeteries:
shown
Stated measuerments:
bench marks, spot heights: Benchmarks to 0.01 ft, spot heights to 0.1 ft. No datum given.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1871
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898
1:2500
1:10,560
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