Glamorganshire-Newport-1899 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22761

Map Date:

? 1899

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 4265 (2)

Historic county:

Glamorganshire

Town name:

Newport

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

ST310885

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 3291

Map title:

'Street plan of Newport, (Mon.)'.

Comments on map:

Distinctly 20th-century looking: cf A-Z, e.g. BM RD 15 Dec 1899 blue.

Scale:

1:11,520

Map-maker:

R.H. Johns, Printer & Lithograp[her, ''Directory'' Office, Newport [lith, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

61.2 x 40.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences, important buildings only

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Not all emphasised buildings are named.

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: With crosses: letters, e.g. B, SA, indicate denomination.

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 4265 (2), CUL Maps.76.89.1 [1899]; BOL C17:70 Newport (Mon) 2, LGC Aa2276 ['c.1900']; BL PP.2508.tfa [1900: in directory].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, glass, ship yards, misc: 'Dos Works'.

Railways:

routes, motive power depots, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

allotments

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Pictorial shipping in river: not very conspicuous.

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1881

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899-1900

1:2500

1:10,560