Lincolnshire-Boston-1839 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19498

Map Date:

20.5.1839

Repository reference:

Lincolnshire Archives Brace 19/11

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 3345

Map title:

'The town of Boston', 'Map of the borough of Boston.'

Comments on map:

Main plan of 'The town of Boston' at 1:4752; 'Map of the borough of Boston' at 1:21,120, including two fen lots, borough and parish boundaries (coloured), and windmill (symbol).

Scale:

1:4752

Map-maker:

Dewhirst & Nichols, Civil Engineers, London [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

68.0 x 49.5

Number of parts:

2

Legends:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

Lincolnshire Archives Brace 19/11.

Industry:

bricks/tiles, engineering, food/drink, ship yards, rope walk, textiles, timber, misc: Bone Mill, [Tan Yard & Brewery].

River and foreshore features:

sluices: [Grand Sluice, Maud Foster's Sluice].

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

poultry-keeping: [Poultry Yard].

Cemeteries:

shown

Residual industrial land-use and waste:

rubbish tips

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown: [They and the breweries nearly give one a hangover just looking at them].

Ordnance Survey's

1886-7

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560