Glamorganshire-Swansea-1900
CBTM:
23088
Map Date:
? 1900
Repository reference:
Swansea Library, reference section, Map Drawer 1, Map 10
Historic county:
Glamorganshire
Town name:
Swansea
Map type:
advertising
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SS657928
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SS 6692
Map title:
'Stephens and Mackintosh, Leicester. Business street map of Swansea.'
Comments on map:
Stephens and Mackintosh's usual style. This copy has had the advertisements cropped. Dating from Swansea Library map list.
Scale:
1:5280
Map-maker:
Stephens and Mackintosh, Leicester [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
61.2 x 50.8 [map].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
advertising
Colouring:
Buildings, advertising: Grey buildings.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, piers, wharfs, misc: Pilot House.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: [Battery].
Welfare and charitable:
blind, deaf & dumb, hospitals, workhouses, misc: YMCA.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
Swansea Library Drawer 1, Map 10.
Industry:
abbatoirs, misc: Baths & Laundry combined.
Railways:
routes, earthworks, goods depots, motive power depots, named, turntables, rails, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc
Parkland:
public parks: With Band Stand.
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies, unspecified
Monuments:
Monuments
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Esplanade.
Cemeteries:
shown
Retail activity:
advertisers on map: Seem to be 34 of them; also Arcade.
Miscellaneous religious group:
Convents.
Ordnance Survey's
1876
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896-7
1:2500
1:10,560
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