Kent-Woolwich-1853 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23490

Map Date:

1853

Repository reference:

Greenwich Heritage Centre, 'Gosset Map'

Historic county:

Kent

Town name:

Woolwich

Map type:

Sanitary

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ 433788

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 4572

Map title:

[Index:] 'Index of the ten feet plan of Woolwich surveyed by the Ordnance Survey Department under the provisions of the Public Health Act.' [maps, top left:] 'Woolwich'.

Comments on map:

Index sheet at 1:5280 (parish boundary and sheet lines only, plus legend) plus 34 sheets at 1:528 covering the whole parish. Bottom centre on each sheet states that surveyed in 1853 by Captn. W.D. Gosset, R.E. Some sheets, e.g. 23, are nearly empty.

Scale:

1:528

Map-maker:

Ordnance Survey [sv], Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor, Lithogrs to the Queen, London, Manchester & Liverpool [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

91.8 x 61.5 [within neat line: printed area up to 95 x 65].

Number of parts:

35

Legends:

general legend: B (boiler), BkH (Bake House), Bn (Barn), BrH (Brew House), B.H. (Beer House), B.M. (Bench Mark), C.H. (Coach House), ClH (Coal House), C.S. (Cart Shed), C.P. (Cess Pool), Cn (Cistern), CoH (Cow House), D.B. (Dust Bin), D.P. (Dung Pit), D.W. (Draw Well), F.P. (Fire Plug), G.P. (Gas Plug), L (Lamp), L.P. (Lamp Post), P (Pump), P.H. (Public House), Py (Piggery), S.G. (Sewer Grate), S (Sink), St (Stable), T (Trough), W.H. (Wash House), W.T. (Water Tap), W.P. (Water Plug), o (Privy); provision for colouring, with arches by X, sheds by horizontal dashes and glassed areas by cross-hatching: 'Boundary Initials': 3ft R.H., R.H., C.R., C.S., F.F., F.W., Und.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally, house numbers

Buildings:

masonry distinguished, stables/coach houses, steps to buildings: Sheds. No building interiors.

Water transport infrastructure:

piers, naval dockyards, wharfs: Dockyard buildings mapped in full detail but without 'appropriations'.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

police

Defence and military:

barracks, magazines/arsenals, misc.: [Buildings mapped in full detail but without 'appropriations'], Royal Military Academy.

Welfare and charitable:

dispensaries, hospitals

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, boundary markers: [Text of boundary marks transcribed].

Known copies of map:

Greenwich Local Studies, 'Gosset Map'.

Industry:

food/drink, smithing, ship yards, timber, abbatoirs, misc: Rocket Factory.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, platforms, rails, passenger stations, misc: 'Tank House', presumably a water tank on brick walls.

River and foreshore features:

misc: Fountain.

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, misc: Rotunda.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground, misc: Public pleasure gardens.

Waterbodies:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Geodetic notes:

'The Marginal lines are perpendiculars and parallels to the Meridians of St Pauls Cathedral.'

Miscellaneous street furniture:

M.S. with distance.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown: Urinals in yards indicated.

Stated measuerments:

bench marks, spot heights: Benchmarks to 0.01 ft, spot heights to 0.1 ft. (No basement heights.) Altitudes are on Liverpool datum.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1848-50

1:1056

1:5280

1:10,560

Skeleton survey

1866-8

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1893-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560