Hertfordshire-Hitchin-1852
CBTM:
14173
Map Date:
6.1852
Repository reference:
Herts RO [in Ordnance Survey town plans drawer: no press-mark]
Historic county:
Hertfordshire
Town name:
Hitchin
Map type:
Sanitary
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TL184294
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TL 2227
Comments on map:
'Surveyed in 1851 by the Ordnance Survey Department in accordance with the Provisions of the Public Health Act'. In cover, 'Published June 1852'; litho with hand-colour. Close imitation of Ordnance Survey style. 13 sheets at 1:528, 7 at 1:2640 including the whole township, with index to 1:528, and 1:10,560 index to both with only trig stations (numerous), sheet-lines and 'Irish crosses' at boundary junctions.
Scale:
1:528
Map-maker:
Ordnance Survey [sv], Day & Son, Lithrs to the Queen [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
101 x 67 [x 28].
Number of parts:
21
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme, other: Paved areas (pale blue), wooden (?) buildings (pecked on grey), walls (usual Ordnance Survey convention).
Road names:
generally
Building names:
clergy residences
Buildings:
masonry distinguished, public buildings emphasised, archways: Public buildings cross-hatched; roofs with pecks-on-grey.
Mills:
windmills, (unspecified type)
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, sanitary hazards, misc: Privies (usual o symbol), Wells, Draw Well, Pump, Trough, Culvert; abbreviations used: W.H., ST, C.H., S.C., Co H, CN, D.B., S.G.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, infirmaries, workhouses
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Known copies of map:
Hertford RO [OS drawer].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, food/drink, smithing, rope walk, timber, uncertain: Kilns.
Railways:
routes, earthworks, turntables, platforms, rails, passenger stations
Gardens:
shown
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Monuments:
obelisks
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Foot Board, gates, paved areas (pale blue).
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
cow-keeping, misc: Chaff Machine.
Cemeteries:
shown
Geodetic notes:
'The marginal lines are perpendiculars and parallels to the Meridian of Hitchin Church'.
Miscellaneous street furniture:
Milestone with distance.
Garden and park buildings:
sundials, ice houses, summer houses
Stated measuerments:
basement levels, spot heights: Numerous spot-heights.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1878-9
1:528
1:2500
1:10,560
1897
1:2500
1:10,560
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