Dorset-Weymouth-1857 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20476

Map Date:

1857

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/124

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:

'Pierse Arthur's trigonometrical map of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. 1857.'

Comments on map:

The map looks routine enough at first sight, but the engineering comments suggest an element of propaganda. This TNA [PRO] copy has roads, water and open spaces coloured.

Scale:

1:3168*

Map-maker:

Pierse Arthur C.E. [sv], W. Spreat, lith., Exeter [lith].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

78.3 x 117.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally: Including 'Gloucester Lodge (Reminisences of George III)'.

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

quays, piers: 'Ill-erected pier'.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, misc: Gas Tunnel, with Shafts [runs into Back water], [public] Pumps, Wells.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries: [Including Old Barracks; fortification is 'The Nothe Battery (One Gun)'].

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Recreation and sports venues:

recreation grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish, boundary markers

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 2199(2), BOL C17:70 Weymouth (2), CUL Maps.59.85.1, Dorset RO D.93/P3,P4 [fragmented copy], TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/124.

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, smithing, ship yards, timber

Railways:

routes, goods depots, motive power depots, named, turntables, passenger stations, misc: 'Great Western Side', 'S.W. Side' at terminus, ditto Engine Houses, water tank.

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

public parks

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary for location purposes, notable residents

Waterbodies:

shown

Monuments:

statues: [Statue of George III].

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Site of Arthur's Proposed Bridge (with note as to its being a receding drawbridge), Steps [to water], Carriage Incline (from Esplanade), Stone Chair (on quay).

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [Surrounded by union flags, barrel, cannon, shot and anchor].

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown, tea-gardens

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1863

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900-1

1:2500

1:10,560