Glamorganshire-Cardiff-1890 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23102

Map Date:

? 1890

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:

'... C[ardiff] includ[ing Llandaff and Penarth].'

Comments on map:

Bottom right part with most of title missing: dated 1890 by Library [no railway south of Penarth station]. On back is large advertisement for Empire Palace of Varieties. Distinctly tends to the minimal.

Scale:

1:13,200

Map-maker:

Daniel Owen & Company Limited [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

47.0 x 59.0

Number of parts:

2

Legends:

transport, other: Churches (+), chapels (black block), tramways (----): others lost, but double crosses are probably R.C. churches.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, harbours, piers

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Known copies of map:

Cardiff City Library, Local Studies Section.

Industry:

metallurgical processing, misc: Fuel Works.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Parkland:

public parks

Antiquities:

Castle.

Waterbodies:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Street tramways:

routes shown

Miscellaneous religious group:

Convent.

Ordnance Survey's

1878

1:2500

1:10,560

1898-9

1:2500

1:10,560