Essex-West Ham-1870 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21056

Map Date:

? 1870

Repository reference:

Essex RO D/P 592/28/9

Historic county:

Essex

Town name:

West Ham

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ400840

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3982

Comments on map:

Purpose unclear: possibly for a new ecclesiastical district. Not much shown, and only included on grounds of scale. Dating from Essex RO lists.

Scale:

1:12,000*

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

39.0 x 25.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Colouring:

boundaries

Road names:

important roads only: Fragmentary.

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses

Education and academic:

schools

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, misc: [Area in Forest Gate: tinted red].

Known copies of map:

Essex RO D/P 592/28/9.

Railways:

routes, passenger stations

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary owners: [Some occupiers of houses: presumably as landmarks].

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

out-of-town inns only: Evidently as landmarks.

Ordnance Survey's

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

1862

1:2500

1:10,560

1894

1:2500

1:10,560