Dorset-Weymouth-1857
CBTM:
23367
Map Date:
? 1857
Repository reference:
Dorset RO D.93/P2
Historic county:
Dorset
Town name:
Melcombe Regis, Weymouth
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SY680790
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SY 6382
Map title:
'Map of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis.'
Comments on map:
Dated 1857 in Dorset RO catalogue, perhaps because it includes the railway. Map text is sans-serif, giving an effect in some ways akin to the Tallis town maps: lack of building names.
Scale:
1:6336
Map-maker:
R.J. Major, 13 St Mary St, Weymouth [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
40.7 x 27.8
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised: Not markedly generalised.
Water transport infrastructure:
harbours, piers, quays, misc: Timber Pond, Rocket.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Defence and military:
barracks, coastguard, castles/forts/batteries: [Battery].
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
Dorset RO D.93/P2.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations: Both 'G.W.R.' and 'S.W.R.'
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom left: 'Outline of the borough' (c.1:75,000); bottom centre: 'View of Weymouth'.
Monuments:
statues
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Steps [up steep slope], Site of Proposed Bridge.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Tenement boundaries group:
incomplete: Omitted in a few close-built parts.
Ordnance Survey's
1863
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1900-1
1:2500
1:10,560
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