Herefordshire-Ledbury-1831 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21037

Map Date:

1831

Repository reference:

Hereford RO J47/1 Red [no location]

Historic county:

Herefordshire

Town name:

Ledbury

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO711376

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 7231

Map title:

'Map of Ledbury and environs, with accompanying notes.'

Comments on map:

In A Native Inhabitant, Hints of Ledbury, Ledbury: Ward, etc, 1831. At end of volume is two-page advertisement by Gibbs: not quite a sound-bite. Scale-bars not graduated, and do not fit inches on modern ruler: somewhere around 10 chains may be intended. 'For reference see the details of the Ledbury Guide.'

Scale:

1:6336

Map-maker:

J.W. Gibbs, Surveyor [sv], T. Powell, Engravers & Printers, Aston Road, Birmm. [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

36.7 x 22.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, dispensaries

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BOL G.A.Heref.16o 3, Hereford RO J.47/1=Red=[nil]; Hereford Library PLC.912.4244-Ledbury [photocopy].

Industry:

lime/cement

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Landowners and occupiers:

holdings/occupiers: [A few].

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top right: Eastnor Castle.

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Dedicee of map:

[The volume is dedicated to Earl Somers.]

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Tenement boundaries group:

incomplete

Ordnance Survey's

1886

1:2500

1:10,560