Lincolnshire-Boston-1837
CBTM:
18359
Map Date:
? 1837
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 5.b.4
Historic county:
Lincolnshire
Town name:
Boston
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TF328441
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TF 3338
Map title:
'Plan of Boston.'
Comments on map:
For Moule's English Counties, published in atlas form in 1837. First published in June or July 1831: see Tony Campbell, 'The original monthly numbers of Moule's English Counties', The Map Collector 31 (June 1985), 26-39, pp 36-7.
Scale:
1:1584
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
18.0 x 25.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
important roads only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets: Including 'pens'.
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 5.b.4; CUL; Lincoln Library; BOL G.A. Lincs c.23, CUL Atlas.5.97.97, TNA [PRO] Library [Frank H. Molyneaux and Neil R. Wright, An atlas of Boston, Boston: Richard Kay, 1974, p.21]; BOL C17 c.23 [1842/1990: Studio Editions]; BOL G1 C16.6 [1837/1992: in Ashley Baynton-Williams, Town and city maps of the British Isles 1800-1855, London: Studio Editions, 1992].
River and foreshore features:
sluices: [Grand Sluice].
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Vignettes: top centre: 'Church and Bridge Boston'; bottom left: Louth church; bottom right: Nocton House [with corner turrets].
Borders:
decorative: Elaborate pre-archaeological gothic.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal, misc: Including those for Boston, Lincoln and Louth, town seal, Louth seal, and other arms.
Towers:
tower: [Hussey Tower].
Ordnance Survey's
1886-7
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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