Essex-Colchester-1876 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20755

Map Date:

? 1876

Repository reference:

Essex RO [open access: folded maps box 3]

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:

'New map of the borough of Colchester.'

Comments on map:

Rather rough: apparently simplified derivative from Ordnance Survey. Dated 1876 by BOL and CUL.

Scale:

1:6336

Map-maker:

Josiah Parish, Artist, Colchester [dr, pb].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

75.0 x 53.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

windmills, watermills, (pictorial)

Sanitary and utility information:

water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, police, internal revenue, misc: Marriage Registration Office.

Defence and military:

barracks: The 'Camp': no buildings.

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

CUL Maps 61.87.3, Essex RO [open access: folded maps, box 3] [1876]; BOL C17:70 Colchester (7) [1895].

Industry:

engineering, food/drink, textiles, timber, misc: Sewing Machine Factory.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc, museums

Service and professional:

banks, insurance offices

Antiquities:

Castle, Priory Ruins, Abbey Gate, Town Wall.

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown, misc: Working Mens Hotel.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1875

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560