Hampshire-Portsmouth-1897 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19853

Map Date:

? 1897

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 2620 (14)

Historic county:

Hampshire

Town name:

Gosport, Portsmouth, Landport, Southsea

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SZ635995

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 6203

Map title:

'Charpentier's New Map of Portsmouth including Southsea, Landport, Portsea, and surrounding districts.'

Comments on map:

Undated: BM RD 27 MAR 1897 blue. Content and style very similar to the Holbrook map [Exeter 19852].

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

Charpentier & Co., 46 High St, Portsmouth [pr, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

69.3 x 67.7

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

piers, quays, naval dockyards, misc: Landing stages, slips; [dockyard in similar detail to Holbrook [Exeter 19852], except that dimensions differ, e.g. 'Rigging Basin Length 900 feet'; HMS Victory and two other ships, all pictorial].

Sanitary and utility information:

electricity works, gas works, public lavatories, sewage disposal, misc: Pumping Station (Sewage); Gas Offices.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, coastguard, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals, drill halls, misc.: [Usual plethora of batteries; magazines includes Priddy's Hard Ordnance Depot]; Whale Island HMS Excellent Gunnery School, HMS Vernon Torpedo School, Hilsea Lines, Gun Wharfs; [no hulks].

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses, misc: Various 'institutes', Sailors Home, Beneficial Society.

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

bathing, race courses, sports grounds, recreation grounds: [Swimming Club Stages (Ladies & Gents)].

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Ward

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 2620(14), CUL Maps.63.89.1 [1897]; BOL C17:70 Portsmouth (5) [1899].

Industry:

chemicals, misc: Powder Works.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

River and foreshore features:

foreshore: [Incomplete].

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, museums

Miscellaneous:

Various things shown on Exeter 19852 (e.g. Bathing Machines) omitted here.

Parkland:

public parks

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

yacht, boat

Commons:

shown

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Esplanade, Promenade.

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

H.M. Waiting Rooms

Ferries:

floating bridge

Cemeteries:

shown

Retail activity:

publisher of map

Street tramways:

routes shown

Other land-uses & land-cover:

misc: [Several 'Building Estate' on periphery].

Ordnance Survey's

1856-62

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1872

1:500

1:10,560

1895

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560

1861

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1880-5

1:500

1896

1:2500

1:10,560