Essex-Chelmsford-1853 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

14094

Map Date:

? 1853

Repository reference:

Essex RO D/HCh 11/1-11

Historic county:

Essex

Town name:

Chelmsford

Map type:

Sanitary

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TL708068

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TL 7006

Comments on map:

1:2640 index to the 10 main parts. Main map recopied onto new semi-combined portrait sheetlines, omitting some 'open' country evidently mapped by Ordnance Survey, with sheet lines represented by transverse rulings. Quality of execution varies; some much nearer Ordnance Survey quality than others. Architect's blind stamp, 1853 (Jas Fenton, Chelmsford).

Scale:

1:528

Map-maker:

Ordnance Survey [sv], Jas Fenton, Chelmsford [dr].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

96 x 127 [x 11]

Number of parts:

11

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use, utilities

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

masonry distinguished, steps to buildings: Dashes for shed roofs.

Mills:

windmills

Water transport infrastructure:

wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

sewers, water works, sanitary hazards, misc: Pumps, Troughs, Inspection Points; abbreviations: Ct H, CH, RS, SG, DB.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries: Battery.

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Known copies of map:

Essex RO D/HCh 11/1-11 [copy by James Fenton] [the Ordnance Survey original seems not to survive].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, food/drink, textiles, misc: Bark Mill, Drying House, Bran House, Coal Yard.

Railways:

routes, named, rails, passenger stations, misc: Gradient post, Carriage Shed, Signal Post, Cloak Room at station.

River and foreshore features:

misc: Flood Gate.

Gardens:

shown, nurseries

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

mechanics institutes

Monuments:

statues

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Wooden Bridge.

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

pig-keeping

Cemeteries:

shown

Garden and park buildings:

summer houses, misc: Hot Bed.

Stated measuerments:

bench marks, basement levels, other: Basement levels, Surface of Water 17:12:51.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1872

1:528

1:2500

1:10,560

1895

1:2500

1:10,560