Kent-Greenwich-1870 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22392

Map Date:

? 1870

Repository reference:

CUL Maps.73.87.1

Historic county:

Kent

Town name:

Greenwich

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ389774

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 4077

Map title:

'Richardson's new map of Greenwich, Blackheath, Lee & Lewisham. By Capt. A.H. Hutchinson R.A.'

Comments on map:

Dated c.1870 in CUL cards: does not have the direct railway line past the hospital, etc (1877).

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

Capt. A.H. Hutchinson R.A. [author], H.S. Richardson, Church St, Greenwich [pr, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

38.5 x 44.5

Number of parts:

2

Colouring:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

fragmentary

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

river stairs, wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories: [Royal Observatory].

Public/administrative boundaries:

ecclesiastical districts, Parish

Known copies of map:

CUL Maps 73.87.1; Greenwich [dated '? 1890-7' in pencil].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations, industrial tramways/waggonways

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Rangers Lodge.

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1866

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1893-4

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560