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Lincolnshire-Grimsby-1848

CBTM:
19508
Map Date:
1848
Repository reference:
Lincolnshire Archives 3 Hen 3/9
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 & Lincolnshire, and East Lincolnshire Railways. 1848. By Edwd. Micklethwaite.'
Comments on map:
Marked lack of descriptions, including the 'Cartergate' windmill, which is shown at least 35 yards clear of the railway. Overall accent is more on the 'port' than on the town.
Scale:
1:3168
Map-maker:
Edwd Micklethwaite [sv], J. & C. Walker [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
98.5 x 125.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
clergy residences: [Vicarage].
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, wharfs, misc: Named wharf and staiths, Bonding Yard, [old] and [new] Docks, Low Water Landing Slip, Site for Steam Packet Sheds, Basin with Largest Class Steam Frigate (in plan), Site for Warehouses and Sheds, Site for Dry Docks and Repairing Sheds.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Markets and exchanges:
fairgrounds, markets
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Known copies of map:
Grimsby Library [unnumbered], Lincolnshire Archives 3 HEN 3/9-10 (2 copies), TNA [PRO] MR 1/921 [originals]; Grimsby Library SM 26 [photo].
Industry:
bricks/tiles
Railways:
routes, earthworks, named, rails, passenger stations: Running lines only indicated: Railway Station [Grimsby Town], General Station.
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Gardens:
shown
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners: [Crown Reserve].
Waterbodies:
shown
Relief:
prominent hills
Borders:
decorative
Residual industrial land-use and waste:
relict industry: Old rope works apparent in plan.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1886-7
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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