Glamorganshire-Cardiff-1859
CBTM:
23093
Map Date:
1859
Repository reference:
Cardiff City Library, Local Studies Section
Historic county:
Glamorganshire
Town name:
Cardiff
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
ST184764
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
ST 1875
Map title:
'Town and port of Cardiff.'
Comments on map:
At bottom of map are notes on water and port facilities similar to O'Rourke [Exeter 23089]: map date is derived from these.
Scale:
1:7920
Map-maker:
W.S. Clark [author], Vincent Brooks Lith., King St, Covent Garden [lith], Atchley & Co., Grt Russell St, Bedford Sqe. [? pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
47.0 x 81.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
water: Including grey-blue water-lining and sea-tint: nicely done.
Road names:
partly
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, navigation aids, misc: Ballast Cranes.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only: St Johns named in gothic.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries, sailors, workhouses
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
Cardiff Library.
Industry:
bricks/tiles, timber
Railways:
routes, sidings, earthworks, named, passenger stations
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Magnetic data:
diagram, value (undated)
Parkland:
public parks: Named in gothic.
Antiquities:
Castle.
Waterbodies:
shown
Relief:
prominent hills, cliffs
Borders:
distance-graduated type
Post and telegraphs:
misc: Signal Staffs [pictorial].
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
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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