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Glamorganshire-Cardiff-1882

CBTM:
23098
Map Date:
1882
Repository reference:
Cardiff City Library, Local Studies Section
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:
'Port and town of Cardiff, 1882.'
Comments on map:
Similar to the ?1866 map [Exeter 23094], but by no means so refined in execution: covers a larger area and has more text.
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
Malby & Sons, Lith. [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
51.8 x 63.3
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
colours
Colouring:
water, owners, other: Bute and railway lands: these are hand-coloured, whereas water and proposed dock with limit of deviation are printed.
Road names:
important roads only
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some buildings emphasised but not named.
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, navigation aids, misc: Hospital Ship.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, pumping stations, reservoirs, sewers: Main sewer only, with Outlet.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries, workhouses, misc: Refuge, 'Hayannah Ship': cf Exeter 23096.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish
Known copies of map:
Cardiff Library.
Industry:
bricks/tiles, engineering, paper/print, misc: Chain Testing House.
Railways:
routes, sidings, named, passenger stations
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Parkland:
public parks
Antiquities:
Castle.
Landowners and occupiers:
main owner only, misc: [Marquess of Bute], railway companies.
Waterbodies:
shown
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Post and telegraphs:
flagstaff: Pictorial.
Cemeteries:
shown
Other land-uses & land-cover:
misc: Intended new streets.
Ordnance Survey's
1878
1:2500
1:10,560
1898-9
1:2500
1:10,560
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