Isle of Wight-Newport-1840 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23023

Map Date:

? 1840

Repository reference:

Isle of Wight Record Office CAR/MUM R 251

Historic county:

Isle of Wight

Town name:

Newport

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SZ491891

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SZ 4989

Map title:

'Map of the town and borough of Newport in the Isle of Wight... from recent surveys by E. Smith & Son compiled and lithographed by J. Aresti.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from dyeline copy. 'Published by the Surveyors & Lithographers 168 High Stt. Newport', 'Printed by J. Aresti'. Isle of Wight Record Office cards suggest is of c.1840.

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

E. Smith & Son, Newport [sv, pb], J. Aresti [dr, lith, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

45.0 x 30.7

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours, other: Churches.

Colouring:

boundaries: Hand-coloured.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: In built-up part shown as frontages only.

Mills:

watermills

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Anglican by St John's-type cross, others by plain cross.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

Isle of Wight RO CAR/MUM R.251.

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

mechanics institutes, learned societies

Tenement boundaries group:

incomplete: In built-up part only intersections with streets shown.

Ordnance Survey's

1862

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560