Glamorganshire-Cardiff-1855
CBTM:
23091
Map Date:
1855
Repository reference:
Cardiff City Library, Local Studies Section
Historic county:
Glamorganshire
Town name:
Penarth, Cardiff
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
ST184764
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
ST 1875
Map title:
'Port of Cardiff, South Wales. 1855.'
Comments on map:
At bottom of map are notes on water and port facilities similar to O'Rourke [Exeter 23089].
Scale:
1:7500
Map-maker:
W.S. Clark, Cathays, Cardiff [author], Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor, Lithographers to the Queen, London, Manchester, Liverpool & Glasgow [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
48.5 x 81.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, misc: Staiths, Staunchs, Ballast Cranes.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries, workhouses
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
uncertain: A short unexplained length of dot-dash, south of Leckwith Moors.
Known copies of map:
Cardiff Library [2 copies], Glamorgan RO D/D Xhs 1,2.
Industry:
bricks/tiles, ship yards, timber
Railways:
routes, sidings, earthworks, named, turntables, passenger stations: 'Ladder' infill.
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Magnetic data:
diagram, value (undated)
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Antiquities:
Castle.
Waterbodies:
shown
Relief:
prominent hills, cliffs
Borders:
distance-graduated type
Cemeteries:
shown
Stated measuerments:
other: Altitude at Penarth church.
Ordnance Survey's
1878
1:2500
1:10,560
1898-9
1:2500
1:10,560
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