Essex-West Ham-1901 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20653

Map Date:

1901

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 2420 (4)

Historic county:

Essex

Town name:

West Ham

Map type:

municipal

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ400840

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3982

Map title:

'Map of the county borough of West Ham'.

Comments on map:

Headed: 'Supplement issued with the Stratford Almanack for 1901.' Dated 1901 on map, 1900 in BLML 1967 Catalogue: BM RD 19 Ja 1901 blue. Content decidedly municipal rather than industrial or worshipful.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

Wilson & Whitworth, Lith., Broadway, Stratford [lith, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

45.7 x 72.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

altitude information, boundaries, transport, other: Railways, altitudes [but no altitudes seen on map]; also has area and estimated population.

Colouring:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

docks

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, pumping stations, sewage disposal, misc: Northern Outfall sewer: with cross-bars like railway.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Education and academic:

schools: Several B.S.

Recreation and sports venues:

recreation grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Ward, misc: [Wards red]; polling districts, Parliamentary boundary.

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 2420(4) [1900]; BOL C17:70 West Ham (1) [1901]; BLML Maps 2420(5), BOL C17:70 West Ham (2) [1902].

Industry:

engineering

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls

Parkland:

public parks: With trees.

Waterbodies:

shown

Reference system:

squaring: 0.5-mile.

Cemeteries:

shown

Miscellaneous religious group:

Convent.

Other land-uses & land-cover:

misc: Water Cress Beds.

Ordnance Survey's

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

1862

1:2500

1:10,560

1894

1:2500

1:10,560