Great Yarmouth-1842 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22566

Map Date:

1842

Repository reference:

Norfolk RO Y/TC 71/1

Town name:

Great Yarmouth, Gorleston

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TG523080

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TG 5207

Map title:

'Plan of the town and harbour of Great Yarmouth. including the parish of Gorleston and hamlet of Southtown. 1842.'

Comments on map:

Provision for colouring: absent from this copy.

Scale:

1:9504

Map-maker:

Josh. Manning, lithogr, Surveyor &c Norwich [author, ? lith].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

50.7 x 94.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours

Road names:

partly: A few rows numbered.

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, navigation aids, quays, misc: Bond Warehouse, Life Boat House, Wreck, Look Outs.

Sanitary and utility information:

fire stations, gas works, misc: Well.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, police, misc: [Custom Watch House].

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, Ward: Some fields named along boundary.

Known copies of map:

Nfk RO Y/TC 71/1 [original]; Yarmouth Library [photocopy]; Norfolk RO MF/RO 227/9 [microfilm].

Industry:

food/drink, rope walk, textiles, timber, misc: Coach Factory. Numerous breweries.

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Landowners and occupiers:

industrial owners: [Owners of mills, breweries, etc].

Road transport:

coach office

Clubs and societies:

unspecified

Relief:

cliffs

Monuments:

Monuments, (pictorial): [Nelson's Monument: mast-like].

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Ferries:

ferry

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

pounds/pinfolds

Tenement boundaries group:

less built-up parts only

Ordnance Survey's

1882-3

1:2500

1:10,560

1883

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560