Isle of Wight-Newport-1886 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22341

Map Date:

? 1886

Repository reference:

CUL Maps.c.63(1).88.1

Historic county:

Isle of Wight

Town name:

Newport

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SZ503955

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SZ 4989

Map title:

'Newport'.

Comments on map:

Inset on 'Bacon's new map of the Isle of Wight an exact reduction from the Six inch Ordnance Survey', 1:63,360. Dated 1886 in CUL and BOL catalogues: lacks Freshwater Yarmouth & Newport Railway (1889). Town map is extracted from a larger plate: see cut-off names.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd., 127 Strand, London [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

12.8 x 10.8 [inset: maximum].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

watermills

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

BOL C17:64(1), CUL Maps.c.63(1).88.1.

Industry:

bricks/tiles, textiles

Railways:

routes, passenger stations

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Antiquities:

Priory.

Map material:

tracing linen

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1862

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560