Hertfordshire-St Albans-1810 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18412

Map Date:

1.1.1810

Repository reference:

RGS 7.E.7

Historic county:

Hertfordshire

Town name:

St Albans

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TL144071

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TL 1506

Map title:

'St. Albans'.

Comments on map:

For The Beauties of England and Wales and The British Atlas comprising a complete set of county maps, of England and Wales with a general map of navigable rivers and canals; and plans of cities and principal towns, London: Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, Longman, Faden, etc, 1810. Extended to include Verullam, and has note that this part is reduced from Stukeley's plan of 1721. Scale measured as 2.1 inches to 2000 feet, 1:11,428.

Scale:

1:11,400

Map-maker:

G. Cole [dr], J. Roper [eng], E.W. Brayley [dir].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

22.7 x 18.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

important roads only

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: A few buildings shaded, but not described.

Mills:

watermills

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 11.b.3, BOL Montagu Illustr. 41, Hertford RO MM17 7/222/2, RGS 7.E.7 [original]; Hertford RO MM 23 [3/PC1/5] [photo]; BOL C17 d.31 [1970: Brian Stevens]; BOL G1/C16.6 [1992: in Ashley Baynton-Williams, Town and city maps of the British Isles 1800-1855, London: Studio Editions, 1992].

Industry:

textiles

Gardens:

shown

Antiquities:

Ditches of Verulam, with 'indications of streets'; remains of nunnery.

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top right: Abbey Church.

Relief:

slopes shown

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1877-8

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897

1:2500

1:10,560