Hertfordshire-Hitchin-1830 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20695

Map Date:

? 1830

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 2905 (3)

Historic county:

Hertfordshire

Town name:

Hitchin

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TL184294

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TL 2227

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Hitchin.'

Comments on map:

Very similar to the plan for Clutterbuck's History, 1827 [Exeter 19355]. Dated 1830 in BLML 1967 Catalogue.

Scale:

1:4752*

Map-maker:

H.S. Merrett [dr], Jas & Josiah Neele, 352 Strand [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

35.5 x 22.8

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries, other: Field-paths, mediaeval wall and ditch.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only, outside built-up area only: The Priory.

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills, watermills, (pictorial)

Sanitary and utility information:

fire stations, gas works, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

recreation grounds

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 2905(3).

Industry:

paper/print

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

museums, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks: [Old and new banks].

Antiquities:

Numerous: include Verulam, monastic remains, mediaeval wall and ditch, sites of battles in 1455 and 1461, Mediaeval Vineyard.

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

unspecified

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top right: parish church, from south-west.

Borders:

decorative

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Arms and heraldry:

ecclesiastical, municipal

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

Named.

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Tenement boundaries group:

less built-up parts only

Ordnance Survey's

1877-8

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897

1:2500

1:10,560