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Middlesex-Shoreditch-1900

CBTM:
23467
Map Date:
1900
Repository reference:
Hackney Archives V231(S)
Historic county:
Middlesex
Town name:
Shoreditch
Map type:
municipal
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ330828
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3289
Map title:
'Map of the borough of Shoreditch. Revised, 1900.'
Comments on map:
This copy has been annotated to show electrical supply, and areas to be transferred under boundary changes. A superior example of the 'borough surveyor' sub-genre.
Scale:
1:3456
Map-maker:
J. Rush Dixon, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., Borough Surveyor [? author], Waterlow & Sons Limited, London Wall, London [pr].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
79.5 x 82.2
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Colouring:
boundaries, water
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Only infill seems to be of municipal buildings.
Canals:
shown, wharf
Sanitary and utility information:
electricity works, fire stations, rubbish destructors, gas works, municipal depots, public lavatories: [Conveniences, Refuse Destructor].
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Defence and military:
barracks, volunteer parade grounds
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
recreation grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, uncertain, misc: [Old & new borough boundaries]; water supply areas; colour-printed numbered districts not explained on map.
Known copies of map:
Hackney Archives V231S, V288.
Industry:
chemicals, engineering, food/drink, timber, uncertain, misc: [Dairy], Gutta Percha Works, 'Waterlow's Factory', Workshops.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Service and professional:
banks
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Pecked 'X' indicates bridges.
Miscellaneous religious group:
Priory.
Ordnance Survey's
1848-50
1:1056
1:5280
1:10,560
Skeleton survey
1871-2
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
1894
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
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