Herefordshire-Hereford-1858 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20466

Map Date:

? 1858

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 2785 (2)

Historic county:

Herefordshire

Town name:

Hereford

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO510400

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SP 5140

Map title:

[Cover:] 'Plan of the city of Hereford, with all the recent improvements', [map:] 'Plan of the city of Hereford, embracing all the recent improvements.'

Comments on map:

Bottom centre, below publisher's note: 'The description in Jones' Handbook for Hereford occur in the order of the above references.' [sic]. Overprinted in red with 'The red lines denote the routes', presumably referring to the guide book, with the routes named.

Scale:

1:7920

Map-maker:

Joseph Jones, & Son, Broad St, Hereford [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

51.0 x 42.5 [overall: map 40.5 x 41.0].

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown: Noted as disused.

Sanitary and utility information:

fire stations, gas works, municipal depots, reservoirs, water works, misc: Named Well.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively, misc: Various appendages of cathedral, e.g. College of Vicars Choral, Deanery.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police, internal revenue, misc: Industrial Aid Office, Judges Lodgings, Site of Old Town Hall pulled down 1862; Ordnance Survey Office [extreme NE of map]: at Walney House.

Defence and military:

barracks, town gates, rifle ranges

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

liberty, Parish

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 2785(2) [1858]; Hereford Library 912.4244-LC City Plans [1866]; Hereford Library Map Cab 1:1, CUL Maps 64.88.1, Hereford Library Pilley Case drawer 1, TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/60 [1885: Wm H. Willett [corr. by], Fred. Graham Price [del], Joseph Jones [pb]].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, food/drink, textiles, timber

Railways:

routes, sidings, motive power depots, named, passenger stations: With distances to various places.

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls, museums, libraries/newsrooms

Service and professional:

banks, newspaper offices

Antiquities:

Including Traditional Subterranean Passage from S.Guthlac's Priory to Vineyard, Birthplaces of Garrick and Nell Gwynne.

Monuments:

Monuments: [Nelson's Monument].

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Miscellaneous religious group:

Convent.

Stated measuerments:

other: Railway distances to various places.

Ordnance Survey's

1884-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560