Herefordshire-Hereford-1900 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21031

Map Date:

? 1900

Repository reference:

Hereford City Library, reference section

Historic county:

Herefordshire

Town name:

Hereford

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO510040

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SO 5140

Map title:

'Plan of Hereford by E.G. Davies, C.E. Surveyor and Architect.'

Comments on map:

Unsubtle drawing style ambiguous: on balance suggests Bacon rather than Davies. Dated '1900' by Hereford City Library. Letterpress on each side, including notes of which parishes constitute which wards, and of population, area, market days and 'half-holiday' (Thursday). There is rather a close resemblance in general approach to the Willett map of 1885 [Exeter 20466], though Davies presumably at least used the Ordnance Survey, and the drawing is certainly different.

Scale:

1:7920

Map-maker:

E.G. Davies, C.E. Surveyor and Architect [author], G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd, 127 Strand, London [? pr].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

49.5 x 41.3 [overall: map 40.5 x 40.8].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences, partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

boat houses

Sanitary and utility information:

fire stations, gas works, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police, internal revenue

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, drill halls

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, dispensaries, hospitals, workhouses, misc: Working Boys Home.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets: [Various markets, including Cattle Stalls].

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses, sports grounds, misc: Golf Ground.

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, boundary markers: [Boundary markers include 'L.C.H.'].

Known copies of map:

Hereford Library 912.4244; Pilley Collection 2284.P.116.

Industry:

food/drink, timber, warehousing, abbatoirs: Cider Stores.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, motive power depots, named, passenger stations, industrial tramways/waggonways: Old line past Barton Station annotated 'Goods Traffic only'; [Old Tram Road].

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

public parks: Including Seats on Castle Green.

Service and professional:

banks, newspaper offices

Antiquities:

Scotch Breastwork, monastic remains, Subterranean Passage.

Clubs and societies:

Conservative, unspecified

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Weighing Machine.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Miscellaneous street furniture:

Milestones.

Garden and park buildings:

summer houses

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Miscellaneous religious group:

Several Iron Rooms [church or mission halls].

Ordnance Survey's

1884-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560