Glamorganshire-Cardiff-1851
CBTM:
14884
Map Date:
30.9.1851
Repository reference:
Glamorgan Record Office B/C
Historic county:
Glamorganshire
Town name:
Cardiff
Map type:
Sanitary
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
ST184764
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
ST 1875
Comments on map:
Surveyed 1851 and signed by Capt. Andrew Beatty, R.E. [Sheet 6 is 36.3 x 24.0 within neat lines.]
Scale:
1:528
Map-maker:
Ordnance Survey [sv, dr].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
97 x 66
Number of parts:
24
Legends:
general legend: Legend is on the 1:2640: MP, BN (Basin), SH, BrH, PH, BH, CH, CoH, WH, St, SG, FP, WP, LP, L, o, Py, DB, P, GP, S, ClB (Coal Bin), W, T (Trough), B (Boiler), Cn, DP, BM, brick or stone, archways, Wooden Houses, sheds, stone paving or flagging (lilac), brick (orange), macadam or ballast (yellow: also used on rlys, e.g.), conservatory green house or hot house, antiquities, parish, township and ward names and boundaries, boundary mereings: CD, RH, Und, 3ft RH, CR, CS, FW, CW; trig stations.
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme, land-use
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally, house numbers
Buildings:
masonry distinguished, stables/coach houses, steps to buildings: Different intensities of carmine used in industrial premises.
Canals:
shown, other: Milepost.
Water transport infrastructure:
breakwaters, docks, lighthouses, misc: Rail-served Coal Staiths (numbered; in plan, detailed) at Bute Dock; Bonded Store, Bute Dock Stores; docks with Carpenters Workshops, Blacksmiths Workshops, etc., Steam Crane, Meter House, Capstan, Gate Box, dock locks down to sluices in the gates, Flagstff, Walling ('bricks', tinted lilac), Steam Packet Office, Customs Watch House.
Sanitary and utility information:
sanitary hazards: Abbreviations: Bh, BrH, St, CoH, Py, WH, o, SG, P, T, G, DP, B, ClH, o , DW.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses, misc: House of Refuge.
Education and academic:
schools
Recreation and sports venues:
recreation grounds: [Play Ground].
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish
Known copies of map:
Glamorgan Record Office B/C [MS]; LGC 147/9/1 E.G.Bowen Map 2 [photo, c.1:1000].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, engineering, food/drink, glass, smithing, stone/builders' yards, ship yards, rope walk, textiles, warehousing, timber, uncertain, misc: Oven, Crane, Coke Bin, Steam Mill, Coal Yards.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, turntables, platforms, rails, passenger stations, industrial tramways/waggonways, misc: Weighing machine, First Class Waiting Rooms, Booking Office, Parcels Office, Watch Box, Pinfold, Signal Posts [at docks only].
River and foreshore features:
foreshore, sluices, springs, misc: [Including Flood Gate].
Gardens:
shown
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Site of the Town Wall; [others shown: details not noted.].
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Paving colouring.
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Ruin.
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
cow-keeping, dairies, pig-keeping: [Dairy of large house].
Cemeteries:
shown
Other land-uses & land-cover:
heath/uncultivated, marsh/wetland
Stated measuerments:
basement levels, spot heights, other: Altitudes to 0.1 foot; Water level 26 November 1850.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1878
1:2500
1:10,560
1898-9
1:2500
1:10,560
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