Glamorganshire-Swansea-1852 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23078

Map Date:

1852

Repository reference:

West Glamorgan RO SL CRB 23/1

Historic county:

Glamorganshire

Town name:

Swansea

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SS657928

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SS 6692

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Swansea, and adjoining district, 1852.'

Comments on map:

Purpose unclear: possibly an outcome of the Board of Health operations. This copy has been annotated to show the borough and franchise.

Scale:

1:12,672

Map-maker:

Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor, Lithogrs. to the Queen, 87 Walbrook, Mansion House, London [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

76.8 x 54.8

Number of parts:

1

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Emphasised buildings mostly not named.

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Rain gauges; proposed water supply, reservoirs and tanks.

Known copies of map:

West Glamorgan RO SL/CRB 23/1 [litho original], SL/CRB 23/2-6 [tracings]; Swansea Library Drawer 1, Maps 4 & 5 [old photos].

Railways:

industrial tramways/waggonways

River and foreshore features:

springs

Leisure and entertainment:

museums

Magnetic data:

diagram

Stated measuerments:

spot heights: Spot heights adjoining rain gauges.

Ordnance Survey's

1876

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896-7

1:2500

1:10,560