Essex-Chelmsford-1835
CBTM:
20752
Map Date:
? 1835
Repository reference:
Essex RO T/M 458/1
Historic county:
Essex
Town name:
Chelmsford
Map type:
uncertain
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TL708068
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TL 7006
Map title:
'A plan of the town of Chelmsford.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from photocopy: original in Chelmsford Borough Library. Manuscript with reference below, as though a draft for a small printed map: but the drawing is not at all refined. Altogether mysterious. Dated c.1835 by Essex RO.
Scale:
1:10,560
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
21 x 33 [overall: map 21 x 25].
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
roads, water, uncertain: Unclear what the land-use indication is: wood seems implausible.
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial), (unspecified type)
Water transport infrastructure:
wharfs, misc: Basin.
Sanitary and utility information:
conduits, gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively, (pictorial): Anglican only are pictorial.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Known copies of map:
Essex RO T/M 458/1.
Industry:
engineering, food/drink, textiles
Gardens:
allotments
Landowners and occupiers:
notable residents
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
misc: Essex: above title.
Ordnance Survey's
1872
1:528
1:2500
1:10,560
1895
1:2500
1:10,560
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