Hampshire-Portsmouth-1845
CBTM:
19863
Map Date:
? 1845
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 1.aa.16
Historic county:
Hampshire
Town name:
Portsmouth
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
SZ635995
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SU 6207
Map title:
'Map of Portsmouth.'
Comments on map:
BLML 1967 catalogue dates it c.1870, but apparent lack of any railway suggests about 25 years earlier. City arms on cover.
Scale:
1:6336*
Map-maker:
W.H. Charpentier, Artists Repository, 50 High St, Portsmouth [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
29.5 x 34.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Most public, etc, buildings identified by number rather than emphasis.
Water transport infrastructure:
navigation aids, misc: Navy Post Office, Gun Wharfs: Rope House appears, but dockyard largely omitted.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
customs, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, misc.: Lt Governor's House, Officers Quarters, Saluting Platform. Bastions, etc, extensively named.
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, workhouses
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Recreation and sports venues:
bathing: [Bathing Machines].
Known copies of map:
BLML maps 1.aa.16.
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Commons:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
post offices, semaphore
Retail activity:
publisher of map: [Charpentier's Engraving and Printing Office].
Ordnance Survey's
1861
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1880-5
1:500
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
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