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Glamorganshire-Cardiff-1869

CBTM:
22154
Map Date:
5.1869
Repository reference:
Glamorgan RO R/379/9
Historic county:
Glamorganshire
Town name:
Llandaff, 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:
'District plan of Cardiff & Penarth, including Roath, Canton & Llandaff, shewing docks, railways, canals, and other communications, from the most recent surveys. T. Waring, M. Inst. C.E. M.I.S. Engineer & Surveyor to the Local Authorities of Cardiff, Canton, Llandaff and Roath. Second Issue May 1869.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from Glamorgan Archive Service facsimile. Has inset of 'The Flat Holmes'.
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
T. Waring, M. Inst. C.E. M.I.S. Engineer & Surveyor [author].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
61.0 x 74.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
altitude information: Soundings, altitude of Penarth Head.
Road names:
partly
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks
Sanitary and utility information:
fire stations, gas works, pumping stations, reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
incompletely shown: Some annotated, some cross only.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, coastguard, drill halls
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses, misc: House of Mercy, Refuge, School Ship.
Education and academic:
schools
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Parish, misc: Parliamentary borough.
Known copies of map:
Cardiff Library [2:1868]; Cardiff Library, Glamorgan RO D/D Xhc 9 (a & b) [1869, 2nd issue: original]; Glamorgan RO R/379/9 [Glamorgan Archives facsimile].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, engineering, distilling, metallurgical processing, ship yards, paper/print, rope walk, textiles, abbatoirs, uncertain, misc: Works, Patent Fuel Works, Preserved Coal Works.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Parkland:
public parks
Antiquities:
Castle.
Waterbodies:
shown
Relief:
shown partially
Commons:
shown
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Intended New Streets.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Cemeteries:
shown
Miscellaneous street furniture:
Mile Posts.
Walls, embankments, etc:
Field boundaries.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Stated measuerments:
soundings: In fathoms, from High Water Ordinary Springs.
Ordnance Survey's
1878
1:2500
1:10,560
1898-9
1:2500
1:10,560
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