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Lincolnshire-Grimsby-1812

CBTM:
18227
Map Date:
? 1812
Repository reference:
Lincolnshire Archives Office Misc. Dep. 311/1
Historic county:
Lincolnshire
Town name:
Grimsby
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TA266091
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TA 2607
Map title:
'A plan of the Town, Harbour and Lordship of Great Grimsby'.
Comments on map:
Not dated: paper is watermarked J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1819, so Lincolnshire Archives's date of 1820 in its card index is quite reasonable.
Scale:
1:9504
Map-maker:
W. Smith [sv], G. Parker [eng].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
68.4 x 48.6
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, misc: Harbour or New Dock; Dolphin (with distance to Spurn Head), Buoy.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses
Public/administrative boundaries:
hamlet
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 3425(3), Grimsby Library SM 11 [ watermarked J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1819], Lincolnshire Archives Misc Dep 311/1 ['c.1820'] [originals]; Grimsby Library SM 10 [photo]; BOL G.A.Lincoln 8o94 [in Anderson Bates, A gossip about Old Grimsby, Albert Gait, 1893: c.1:21,000];
Industry:
food/drink, rope walk
River and foreshore features:
misc: Blow Wells.
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
On left: Custom House; on right: St James Church.
Commons:
shown
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Blue Stone.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Residual industrial land-use and waste:
relict industry, rubbish tips: Old Coal Hill, [Raff Yard west of Loft Street, here 'Turnpike Road'].
Ordnance Survey's
1886-7
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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