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Essex-Colchester-1889

CBTM:
19336
Map Date:
[1889]
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] Library
Historic county:
Essex
Town name:
Colchester
Map type:
Historical
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TL995252
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TL 9925
Map title:
'Plan of Colchester shewing where Roman & other antiquities have been discovered, from a small plan by the late Mr Gilbert.'
Comments on map:
In Edward L. Cutts, Colchester (Historic towns series), London: Longman, 1889, f.p.34. Effective combination of red antiquity overprint on modern outline base map.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
Edwd Weller [author], Longman, London [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
33.3 x 15.7
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
other: Antiquities, in red.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, building infill omitted
Mills:
windmills, watermills, (symbol): [Windmill by circle-and-x symbol].
Sanitary and utility information:
water works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
BL 2366.aa.11, TNA [PRO] Library [original]; Colchester Library Local Studies [photo].
Industry:
food/drink
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
nurseries
Antiquities:
Ramparts, other earthworks, Abbey Remains; long list of find sites, and of surviving antiquities.
Ordnance Survey's
1875
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
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