Lincolnshire-Grimsby-1848 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20371

Map Date:

1848

Repository reference:

Grimsby Central Library, local studies, map SM 27

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:

'Plan of the town and port of Great Grimsby, surveyed under the direction of James Meadows Rendel Esqre. Engineer of the Great Grimsby Docks, and John Fowler Esqre. Engineer of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire, and East Lincolnshire Railways. 1848.'

Comments on map:

A less elaborate derivative of the Micklethwaite/Walker map [Exeter 19508], with far less detail in the docks and on the railways.

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

James Meadows Rendel, John Fowler [dir], Day & Son, Lithrs. to the Queen [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

64.7 x 97.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only: 'The Abbey': in gothic.

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, misc: Bonding Yard, Staithes.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

hamlet, Parish

Known copies of map:

Grimsby Central Library SM 27.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations: Outer fences only.

Waterbodies:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1886-7

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560