Lincolnshire-Lincoln-1868 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18222

Map Date:

1868

Repository reference:

Lincoln Library Map 886 [Glass Cabinet]

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:

'To Sir Edward Ffrench Bromhead Bart F.R.S. of L. & E., This Plan of the City of Lincoln is most respectfully dedicated by his most obliged and faithful servant James Sandby Padley, Surveyor, 1842. New Edition 1868. N.B. This Plan is Copyright and protected by the 5th & 6th of Vict c.15, 10 & 11th Vict c.95, & 15th Vict cap.12.'

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

James Sandby Padley [sv], John Dower, Pentonville, London [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

104.3 x 122.3

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

Buildings: Public buildings, inhabited and other buildings.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Canals:

shown

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Cathedral shown with piers, etc.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish

Known copies of map:

BOL C17:70 Lincoln d.1, CUL Maps.a.70.84.1, Lincoln Library Drawer 10 [1842]; Lincoln Library [1851] [Exeter 18221]; BLML Maps 4.b.39, BOL C17:70 Lincoln c.1, CUL Maps.C.70.86.1, Lincolnshire Archives 4 BM 16 [UFP], Lincoln Library, NLS Map.3.e.47 [1868] [Exeter 18222]; Lincoln Library [1878.c: 1:7040] [Exeter 18220]; BLML Maps 8.b.17, Lincolnshire Archives TSJ 12/8, Lincoln Library [1883: Padley & Thrupp, '3rd ed'] [Exeter 18223]; the 1842, 1851, 1868 and 1883 editions are reproduced in D.R. Mills and R.C. Wheeler, Historic town plans of Lincoln 1610

Industry:

metallurgical processing, uncertain

Railways:

routes, earthworks, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary owners

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

South view of the city: the three figures are in 1840s costume, cf the man's collar and hat. Vertical sections of High Street from High Bridge to Newport and of Roman and city walls.

Relief:

slopes shown

Commons:

shown

Borders:

decorative

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Dedicee of map:

Sir Edward Ffrench Bromhead.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete