Essex-Colchester-1876
CBTM:
21552
Map Date:
? 1876
Repository reference:
[Private collection]
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:
'Map of Colchester.'
Comments on map:
In Pen drawn maps of Colchester and its route marches, Colchester: Josiah Parish, n.d.: dated c.1876 by Bodleian and Cambridge. The seven route-march maps are 1:31,680. Only included on grounds of scale. A pre-OS derivation is suggested by orthography, e.g. Union House, Friend's Chapel.
Scale:
1:11,520
Map-maker:
Josiah Parish, artist, Colchester [dr, pb], Cowell's Anastatic Press, Ipswich [pr].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
35.5 x 26.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills, (unspecified type), (pictorial)
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, quays
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
customs, police, internal revenue
Defence and military:
barracks, volunteer parade grounds
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
BOL C17:70 Colchester (8), BOL C17:28 c.1, CUL Maps 61.87.4.
Industry:
bricks/tiles, distilling, engineering, food/drink, textiles
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
museums
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Abbey Gate, walls, Castle.
Waterbodies:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Reference system:
distance circles: 1-mile circle.
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Bondings [? bonded warehouse].
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Ordnance Survey's
1875
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
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