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Glamorganshire-Cardiff-1886

CBTM:
22618
Map Date:
8.1886
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 6865 (1)
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:
[At top:] 'Lewis' shilling map of Cardiff.' [bottom right, also cover:] 'Street map of Cardiff including the destricts of Llandaff and Penarth. ... August 1886.'
Comments on map:
BM RD blue 30 SEP 1886. Penarth as inset.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
William Lewis, Ordnance Survey depot, 22 Duke St, Cardiff [lith, pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
69.8 x 47.0
Number of parts:
2
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised: Hatched blocks only.
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Water transport infrastructure:
docks
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, misc: 'Refuse'.
Places of Worship:
incompletely shown
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, drill halls
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses, misc: Howells Charity.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Recreation and sports venues:
recreation grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, Ward
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 6865 (1), BOL C17:70 Cardiff (1), Cardiff Library, CUL Maps.101.88.2.
Industry:
chemicals, engineering, food/drink, lime/cement, metallurgical processing, ship yards, paper/print, rope walk, textiles, timber, misc: Fuel Works, Patent Fuel Works, Tar & Resin Distillery, Wire Rope Works, Chain Testing Ho.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, libraries/newsrooms, misc: Circus.
Parkland:
public parks
Antiquities:
Castle [approximately in gothic].
Waterbodies:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Miscellaneous religious group:
Convent.
Ordnance Survey's
1878
1:2500
1:10,560
1898-9
1:2500
1:10,560
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