Lincolnshire-Lincoln-1848 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18218

Map Date:

1848

Repository reference:

Lincoln Library Map 885 [Map Cabinet 7]

Historic county:

Lincolnshire

Town name:

Lincoln

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SK978718

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SK 9769

Map title:

'Map of City of Lincoln dedicated by permission to Coningsby Waldo Sibthorp Esqr. one of the Representatives in Parliament for the City of Lincoln and Lieut. Colonel of the Royal South Lincolnshire Militia by his most obedient Humble Servt. Wm. Marrat Surveyor and Publisher 1817. Corrected to 1848.'

Comments on map:

Compared with the 1817 version [Exeter 18217], one name has been deleted and one added. This new version may have been inspired by the visit of the Archaeological Society to Lincoln in 1848: there have been quite extensive revisions to both the 'antiquarian' and the 'modern' content, with modest additional building development all over the map. However, the alterations have been made 'on the cheap', with old work imperfectly deleted.

Scale:

1:6336

Map-maker:

Wm Marrat [dr], Wm Thorowgood [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

42.1 x 59.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

inside built-up area only

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Cathedral shown with piers in nave: rather wonky; indication of 'destroyed' churches (open rectangle).

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories, misc: Old Gallows [north-west of castle, replacing pictogram on 1817 version].

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, misc.: Depot [evidently military].

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

misc: 'Close Wall', tinted yellow, added since 1817.

Known copies of map:

CUL Maps.c.70.81.1, Lincoln Library, Lincolnshire Archives (4 copies) [1817] [Exeter 18217]; BLML Maps 3390(1), Lincoln Library, RGS Eng & Wales S.130 [1848] [Exeter 18218]; CUL maps.bb.70.97.1 [1848-1972: Lincoln Museum]; 1817 and 1848 editions reproduced in D.R. Mills and R.C. Wheeler, Historic town plans of Lincoln 1610

Industry:

bricks/tiles

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Miscellaneous:

District names, e.g. Wigford.

Antiquities:

Palace ruins, City Wall in 1610 [added since 1817].

Waterbodies:

shown

Miscellaneous transport-related:

[Greestone] stairs.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Reference system:

squaring: 2.9-inch.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Dedicee of map:

Coningsby Charles Sibthorp, MP for Lincoln.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only: [One only, added since 1817].