Essex-Colchester-1819 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20524

Map Date:

[1819]

Repository reference:

BL 564.d.10, Colchester Library, Local Studies [binder]

Historic county:

Essex

Town name:

Colchester

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TL995252

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TL 9925

Map title:

'Colchester'.

Comments on map:

For Excursions in the county of Essex, London: Longman, 1819, Vol II, f.t.p., and Thomas Cromwell, History and description of the ancient town and borough of Colchester, 1825.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

T. Starling, 13 Norfolk St, Lower St, Islington [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

23.2 x 15.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

windmills, watermills, (pictorial)

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: King Coel's Pump.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BL 564.d.10 [1819: Excursions in the county of Essex, London: Longman, 1819, f.t.p. Vol II]; BLML Maps 2390(4), BL 2368.d.17, G.3743, G.3744, CUL Maps.c.61.84.2, Colchester Library Local Studies [binder] [1825: in Thomas Cromwell, History and description of the ancient town and borough of Colchester, 1825, or loose]; BL X.802/10620, BOL G.A.Essex c.34 [1978: in D. Stephenson, The book of Colchester, Barracuda Books].BL 564.d.10 [1819: excusions]; BLML Maps 2390(4), BL 2368.d.17, G.3743, G.3744, CUL Maps.c.61.84.2, Colchester Library Local Studies [binder] [1825: in Thomas Cromwell, History and description of the ancient town and borough of Colchester, 1825, or loose]; BL X.802/10620, BOL G.A.Essex c.34 [1978: in D. Stephenson, The book of Colchester, Buckingham: Barracuda Books].

Industry:

salt, engineering, textiles

Gardens:

shown

Miscellaneous:

Mount [no hachures].

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Antiquities:

Collyngs Castle, Abbey Gate, remains of Priory, St Botolphs ruins with piers.

Relief:

prominent hills

Ordnance Survey's

1875

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560