Derbyshire-Matlock Bath-1848
CBTM:
22242
Map Date:
1.5.1848
Repository reference:
BOL (E)C17:70 Matlock (1)
Historic county:
Derbyshire
Town name:
Matlock Bath
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SK293581
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SK 2857
Map title:
'Plan of Matlock Bath and its vicinity, Derbyshire'.
Comments on map:
A curious production, possibly a by-product of the tithe map [Exeter 01439]. No engraver or publisher stated, but a sophisticated job.
Scale:
1:7200
Map-maker:
Joseph Gratton, Timberfield, near Chesterfield [sv, dr].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
23.2 x 34.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
altitude information
Colouring:
roads, other: Roads and railway infilled sienna: latter desireable for clarity. Lesser roads darker sienna: this does seem deliberate.
Road names:
partly
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised: Quite detailed.
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown, wharf
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
BOL C17:70 Matlock (1).
Industry:
food/drink, paper/print, textiles, misc: Paint Mill.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations: Outlines of fences, no internal detail, infilled sienna: 'Station' (x 2) seem to have been stamped later.
River and foreshore features:
misc: Petrifying wells.
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground: With alcoves.
Waterbodies:
shown
Relief:
slopes shown
Borders:
keyboard type
Extractive activity:
mines
Monuments:
obelisks
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown: Footpaths by single-pecked lines, bridle roads by double-pecked lines.
Garden and park buildings:
ice houses
Stated measuerments:
spot heights: These appear on railway, which may be the source of them: are elevations above high water at London Bridge.
Tenement boundaries group:
incomplete
Ordnance Survey's
1878-9
1:2500
1:10,560
1897-8
1:2500
1:10,560
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