Lincolnshire-Grantham-1840
CBTM:
20368
Map Date:
? 1840
Repository reference:
Lincoln City Library, Map 6c
Historic county:
Lincolnshire
Town name:
Grantham
Map type:
uncertain
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
SK914357
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SK 9235
Comments on map:
A strange map: only detailed on western side, where it shows the Grand Union Railway, running about 150-250 yards west of the Great Northern Railway actually opened in 1852. Lincoln City Library date it c.1840, which seems reasonable.
Scale:
1:4752
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
30.3 x 22.5
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, water, land-use: Light grey for garden, etc, areas.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
Lincoln City Library Map 6c.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1885-6
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
You can download the pdf version of this map
here