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Glamorganshire-Swansea-1889

CBTM:
23075
Map Date:
[1889]
Repository reference:
West Glamorgan RO [open access]
Historic county:
Glamorganshire
Town name:
Swansea
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SS657928
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SS 6692
Map title:
'Street map of Swansea'.
Comments on map:
F.t.p. of 1889-90. John Wright & Co.'s Swansea and Llanelly directory, Bristol: Wright, Swansea: Parry, etc, n.d.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh & London [author], John Wright & Co., Bristol [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
41.0 x 34.2
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
Buildings: Churches (St John's cross), chapels [black rectangular block], schools [S], public buildings [hatched].
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, piers, wharfs
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
magazines/arsenals, rifle ranges
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
West Glamorgan RO [open access].
Industry:
uncertain: Works.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations
River and foreshore features:
foreshore: [Incomplete].
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1876
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896-7
1:2500
1:10,560
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