Lincolnshire-Lincoln-1848 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19345

Map Date:

[1848]

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] Library

Historic county:

Lincolnshire

Town name:

Lincoln

Map type:

Historical

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SK978718

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SK 9769

Map title:

'City of Lincoln.'

Comments on map:

In Memoirs illustrative of the history and antiquities of the county and city of Lincoln, communicated to the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, held at Lincoln, July, 1848..., London: Offices of the Institute, 1850, f.p. xiii. On list of contents, p.ix, is described as 'Map of Modern Lincoln. (Prepared for the use of the Members at the Meeting in that city.)'

Scale:

1:6336

Map-maker:

Maclure, MacDdonald & Macgregor, London [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

16.6 x 29.8

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly: Chapter residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Sanitary and utility information:

conduits

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only: Includes internal layout of cathedral.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, mental, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Known copies of map:

CUL Q474.c.2.4, Maps.18.G.7 [xerox], Lincoln Library Map 130A, TNA [PRO] Library.

Relief:

prominent hills

Ordnance Survey's

1885-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560