Lincolnshire-Grimsby-1852 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

17683

Map Date:

1852

Repository reference:

Grimsby Archives 1/922/2

Historic county:

Lincolnshire

Town name:

Grimsby

Map type:

Sanitary

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TA266091

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TA 2607

Comments on map:

Shows 1:528 sheet lines, undescribed. Surveyed in 1851-2. Similarity of detail suggests some assistance from Exeter 11862/17680 and 17682.

Scale:

1:2640

Map-maker:

Benjn. Bedford, Surveyor [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

98 x 236

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

Buildings

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use: Wood and iron buildings are dark pale brown rather than grey, making them now not very legible.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

masonry distinguished, public buildings emphasised: Emphasised unnamed public buildings (including the old town hall).

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills

Water transport infrastructure:

docks

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

fairgrounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, hamlet

Known copies of map:

Grimsby Archives 1/922/2.

Industry:

bricks/tiles, rope walk

Railways:

routes, earthworks, named, turntables, platforms, rails, passenger stations, misc: Railway mileposts with values each 0.25 mile; pecked rails under roof at Passenger Station, though not at Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway 'Goods Station'.

River and foreshore features:

foreshore, springs: [Blow Wells; Crown Reserve, Old Beach (pecked line), H.W. Spring Tides, Low Water Ordinary Spring Tides (very sinuous at HWM)].

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Commons:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Other land-uses & land-cover:

marsh/wetland

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1886-7

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560