Glamorganshire-Swansea-1852 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23080

Map Date:

1852

Repository reference:

West Glamorgan RO D/D WCR/Pl 17

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 1852.'

Comments on map:

Evidently related to the 1:12,000 map [Exeter 23078].

Scale:

1:2640

Map-maker:

Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor, Lithogrs, London, Manchester, Liverpool [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

65.3 x 77.8

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Effectively frontages only; public, etc, buildings shown fully, but not all are named.

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, navigation aids, piers, quays, wharfs, misc: Dock House, Lookout House.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Known copies of map:

West Glamorgan RO D/D WCR/Pl 17 [1852: Maclure]; LGC RM B278 [1:2640, 1:1855, litho Day, 182 x 94 cm].

Industry:

ship yards, timber, misc: Flint Mill.

Railways:

routes, named, industrial tramways/waggonways

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks

Antiquities:

Castle.

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Weighing Machine.

Cemeteries:

shown

Stated measuerments:

contours: At 6 feet intervals: very incomplete.

Ordnance Survey's

1876

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896-7

1:2500

1:10,560