Derbyshire-Chesterfield-1869 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20348

Map Date:

1869

Repository reference:

Chesterfield Library, local studies, A.284

Historic county:

Derbyshire

Town name:

Chesterfield

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SK386712

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SK 4472

Map title:

'Map of the borough of Chesterfield 1869'.

Comments on map:

Recorded from photocopy. Probably derived from the 1837 and 1858 maps [Exeter 20345 and 20347]. Catalogue suggests is for almanac.

Scale:

1:5000*

Map-maker:

Bemrose & Sons, London & Derby [lith], T.P. Wood Wine & Spirit Merchant Chesterfield [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

28 x 39

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Various buildings emphasised, including the parish church, the market hall and the workhouse, but none are described. Is this the result of unthinking copying?

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

Chesterfield Library A.284, A.285 [originals], A.3262 [photo].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom right: 'High Street', with crooked spire in background.

Retail activity:

publisher of map

Ordnance Survey's

1875-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897-8

1:2500

1:10,560