Huntingdonshire-Godmanchester-1853 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20670

Map Date:

1853

Repository reference:

Huntingdonshire RO MC 6/1-MD

Historic county:

Huntingdonshire

Town name:

Godmanchester

Map type:

Sanitary

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TL244706

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TL 2370

Map title:

'A map of the town of Godmanchester in the county of Huntingdon 1853.'

Comments on map:

1 general map and index at 1:5280 with the title, extending to the railway station, 9 at 1:528*, excluding the railway, and 3 sheets of sections. A drainage map: style is much less finished than that of most General Board of Health-type sanitary maps. No General Board of Health stamps. Some 'skeleton' overlaps within sheets: a most unusual arrangement. A rather mixed map for text: farm yards and pubs do much better than industry and chapels.

Scale:

1:528*

Map-maker:

E.M.M. Goode, Surveyor [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

99.5 x 65.7 [x 12]

Number of parts:

13

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use, utilities: Gardens green.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

fragmentary, house numbers

Buildings:

inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished

Mills:

watermills

Sanitary and utility information:

drains, sanitary hazards: W.S., privvies (o); drains red.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Education and academic:

schools

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

Huntingdon RO MC 6/1-MD.

Industry:

engineering, textiles, misc: Builders yard; but it is apparent that most industry isn't identified.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Exhibition [on carmine building: mysterious].

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

misc: Farm Yards.

Stated measuerments:

basement levels, spot heights: To 0.01 ft.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1884

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560