Monmouthshire-Newport-1876 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23169

Map Date:

1876

Repository reference:

Gwent RO Mis.MSS.1746

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:

[Title sheet:] 'Trigonometrical survey of the Borough of Newport, Monmouthshire 1876.'; [sheet headings:] 'Trigonometrical survey of Newport, Mon.'.

Comments on map:

Recorded from photocopies: location of original uncertain. Index at 1:4752 shows 41 sheets, but only 11 are present, plus copies of Williams & Morris [Exeter 23112]. Title sheets is signed, bottom right, 'Conyers Kirby Assoc. Inst. C.E. Town Surveyor Newport Mon August 1876'.

Scale:

1:528*

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

97.1 x 65.7 [within neat lines: about 101 x 71 overall].

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally, house numbers: Apparently including house numbers.

Buildings:

inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished, archways, stables/coach houses, steps to buildings: [Pecked 'X' for arches].

Canals:

shown, offices

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, wharfs, misc: Oil Stores.

Sanitary and utility information:

lamps, reservoirs, sanitary hazards: Lamps (L), Privies (o), sewer grates (SG).

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Anglican named in gothic.

Public buildings:

customs, police

Defence and military:

drill halls

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries, sailors, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

misc: Chambers.

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

Gwent RO Mis.MSS.1746 [photocopies: incomplete].

Industry:

food/drink, timber, misc: Laundry.

Railways:

routes, earthworks, goods depots, named, platforms, rails, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls

Service and professional:

banks, newspaper offices

Landowners and occupiers:

misc: Some timber wharfs.

Borders:

decorative: Interlaced-keyboard style.

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Sidewalks.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1881

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899-1900

1:2500

1:10,560