Glamorganshire-Cardiff-1836 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23038

Map Date:

? 1836

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] T72/12

Historic county:

Glamorganshire

Town name:

Cardiff

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

ST184764

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 1875

Map title:

'Town of Cardiff.'

Comments on map:

Source is puzzling, as the John Wood map dates from 1840, and building backs are shown with some projections.

Scale:

1:2376

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

41.0 x 54.0

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

water, boundaries

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] T72/12.

Antiquities:

Castle, Keep, Old Town Wall.

Map material:

tracing-paper

Ordnance Survey's

1878

1:2500

1:10,560

1898-9

1:2500

1:10,560