Monmouthshire-Newport-1853
CBTM:
23112
Map Date:
? 1853
Repository reference:
Newport Public Libraryu, museum [framed on wall]
Historic county:
Monmouthshire
Town name:
Newport
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
ST310885
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
ST 3291
Map title:
'Map of the borough of Newport Monmouthshire, from a trigonometrical survey by Alfred Williams and Thos. L. Morris, Engineers & Surveyors, Newport.'
Comments on map:
Population of borough in 1841 and 1851 below title: 'Parish of St Wollos January 1854' seems to be added in manuscript. Evidently derives from 1:528.
Scale:
1:2640
Map-maker:
Alfred Williams and Thos L. Morris, Engineers & Surveyors, Newport [sv].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
100.0 x 140.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
shown, archways: ['X' for archways].
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown, offices
Water transport infrastructure:
wharfs, misc: Screw Packet Station, Crane.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough: [Old and present boundaries].
Known copies of map:
LGC Tredegar 332, Newport Museum [framed, on wall, with Jan. 1854 date].
Industry:
chemicals, food/drink, uncertain: Dos Works; [Pyroligneous Acid Factory].
Railways:
routes, motive power depots, named, rails, passenger stations, misc: Carriage Shed, Fitting Shed.
Gardens:
shown
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Castle.
Landowners and occupiers:
misc: Numerous wharfs.
Waterbodies:
shown
Monuments:
statues
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
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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