Hampshire-Bournemouth-1889 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19843

Map Date:

? 1889

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 2620 (10)

Historic county:

Hampshire

Town name:

Bournemouth

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SZ087917

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SZ 0593

Map title:

[Cover:] 'Illustrated map of Bournemouth shewing churches, chapels, public buildings, and other places of interest, by H.A. Garrett, Assistant Town Surveyor.', [map:] 'Garrett's illustrated map of Bournemouth. [hand:] shewing the public buildings, churches, chapels and other places of interest.'

Comments on map:

Scale stated as 1 inch to 586.66 feet [i.e. 1:7040]. BM RD 25 OCT 1889 blue. The only buildings shown are 63 public, etc, ones, which are all illustrated by vignettes. Advertisements on back of map (obscured by the BM's cloth mounting).

Scale:

1:7040

Map-maker:

H.A. Garrett [author, publisher, proprietor: cover only], Nash Waters & Co. Liths. Observer Office, Bournemouth [lith: map only].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

79.3 x 45.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Colouring:

other: Road casings red, and space between them hatched red; numbers keyed to reference to pictorial buildings, the reference, and proposed wards dark blue.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only: 'Crag Head (Residence of King and Queen of Sweden)'.

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

piers: [Both shown in plan: five pictorial ships at The Pier, one at Boscombe Pier].

Sanitary and utility information:

rubbish destructors: ['The ''Destructor''': the last item in the reference, with a vignette showing it well out of town with a tall chimney].

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively, (pictorial): All illustrated by vignettes, regardless of size.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

dispensaries, hospitals

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

county, misc: Commissioners district, proposed wards.

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 2620(10), Bournemouth Library, BOL C17:70 Bournemouth (3), CUL Maps.D.63.88.10.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations: Vignettes of exterior of west station and of interior of east station.

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, Winter Gardens

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom right: 'Birds eye view of Bournemouth'.

Relief:

shown partially: [On red plate].

Commons:

shown

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Sheltered Rustic Seat on Cliff [x 3] [illustrated].

Cemeteries:

shown

Retail activity:

limited range: 'Arcades' [illustrated].

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only: Illustrated by vignettes.

Miscellaneous religious group:

Nunnery.

Ordnance Survey's

1869

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560