Essex-Walthamstow-1888 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23495

Map Date:

6.1888

Repository reference:

Waltham Forest Archives

Historic county:

Essex

Town name:

Walthamstow

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ378892

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3889

Map title:

'Map of the parish of Walthamstow in the County of Essex. Surveyed by George B. Jerram A.M.I.C.E. June 1888.'

Comments on map:

A label pasted on below the title indicates that the map has been corrected by Jerram to March 1889: his work was presumably that of adding to an Ordnance Survey base, rather than starting ab initio. Entry from fuzzy printout from aperture card: nuances have doubtless been overlooked. Extensive sans-serif lettering: quite 'modern-looking'.

Scale:

1:7920

Map-maker:

George B. Jerram A.M.I.C.E. [author], Clement Smith & Coy. Limited, Designers & Printers, London & New York [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

94 x 73

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

roads, water

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, water works, sewage disposal

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses

Education and academic:

schools

Recreation and sports venues:

recreation grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish

Known copies of map:

Waltham Forest Archives.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Waterbodies:

shown, misc: Some moats.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

out-of-town inns only

Tenement boundaries group:

less built-up parts only: Near Hale End station, e.g., divisions (without buildings) run at right-angles to the road, but there are no back-fences, so the plots are 'open' to the fields behind.

Ordnance Survey's

1863

1:2500

1:10,560

1894

1:2500

1:10,560