Essex-Witham-1850 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21058

Map Date:

? 1850

Repository reference:

Essex RO D/DU 541/6

Historic county:

Essex

Town name:

Witham

Map type:

Sanitary

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TL820150

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TL 8312

Map title:

'General plan of the town of Witham in the county of Essex.'

Comments on map:

Not explicitly stated to be so, but certainly for board of health purposes. Scale graduated in chains. Dating from Essex RO list. No lithographer stated: quality good.

Scale:

1:2640

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

67.2 x 93.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

watermills

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Welfare and charitable:

mental, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Known copies of map:

Essex RO D/DU 541/6.

Industry:

food/drink, textiles, misc: Kiln.

Railways:

routes, earthworks, goods depots, named, rails, passenger stations: Suggests clearly that Maldon branch had earthworks for double-track.

Miscellaneous:

1:528 sheetlines (pecked): not described as such.

Waterbodies:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Sidewalks/verges [pecked].

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Stated measuerments:

bench marks, spot heights, other: Altitudes to 0.01 ft; also Datum point, on bridge, and some water surfaces. Dense net.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1874-5

1:2500

1:10,560

1895

1:2500

1:10,560