Monmouthshire-Newport-1851
CBTM:
14877
Map Date:
? 1851
Repository reference:
Gwent RO D.1719
Historic county:
Monmouthshire
Town name:
Newport
Map type:
Sanitary
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
ST310885
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
ST 3291
Map title:
[At top of each sheet:] 'Trigonometrical Survey of Newport'.
Comments on map:
Photocopies of uncertain date and provenance. There is a 1:4752 index to the 23 1:528 parts. Quality not as good as one would expect from Ordnance Survey or a good private surveyor, but better than the usual 'Welsh' standard.
Scale:
1:528
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
67 x 97 [x 24].
Number of parts:
24
Legends:
general legend: SG, Sewer Grates; KS, Kitchin Sink; S, Sink Stones; V, Ventilators; CP, Cess Pools; o Privy; WC Water Closet; WC, do, overhead; WC, do, sunk; WH, Wash House; WS, Water Supply; Cn, Cistern; Cn., do., sunk; RS, Rain Spout; DB, Dust Bin; WP, Water Plug; St, Stable; CH, Coach House; CoH, Cow House; GH, Green House; A, area; a, Area Sunk; A, Area raised; BM, Bench Mark; FP, Fire Pipe [sic]; buildings shown: Brick Houses and Buildings; Wooden Houses, Sheds and Outhouses; Stone Paving and Flagging; Macadam or Ballast; Garden Ground.
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme, land-use, other: Includes paving.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished, stables/coach houses
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown, offices
Water transport infrastructure:
wharfs, misc: Steam Packet Station.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, sanitary hazards: Abbreviations: SG [Sewer Grates]; KS [Kitchin Sink]; S [Sink Stones]; V [Ventilators]; CP [Cess Pools]; o [Privy]; WC [Water Closet]; WC [do, overhead]; WC [do, sunk]; WH [Wash House]; WS [Water Supply]; Cn [Cistern]; Cn. [do., sunk]; RS [Rain Spout]; DB [Dust Bin]; WP [Water Plug]; St [Stable]; CH [Coach House]; CoH [Cow House]; GH [Green House]; A [Area]; a [Area Sunk]; A [Area raised]; FP [Fire Pipe: sic].
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough
Known copies of map:
Gwent RO D.1719 [photocopies]; LGC 147/9/1 E.G.Bowen Map 1 [photo, c.1:1000].
Industry:
engineering, food/drink, smithing, furniture/pottery, timber, uncertain, misc: Mill, Coal Yard, Cooperage.
Railways:
goods depots, rails, passenger stations, misc: Waiting rooms, booking offices.
Gardens:
shown
Waterbodies:
shown
Borders:
decorative
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Weighing Machine.
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
cow-keeping
Residual industrial land-use and waste:
relict industry: Old Steam Mill.
Stated measuerments:
bench marks, basement levels, spot heights: 'The Levels are given on a Datum Plane 50 Feet below the Coping of Newport Dock at the Outer Gates of Entrance Lock'; 'The Red Figures on the houses denote the level of the lowest floor'.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1881
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1899-1900
1:2500
1:10,560
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