Norfolk-Cromer-1896 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22345

Map Date:

? 1896

Repository reference:

CUL Maps.c.77.89.1

Historic county:

Norfolk

Town name:

Cromer

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TG219422

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TG 1940

Map title:

'Plan of Cromer.'

Comments on map:

Dated 1890 in CUL cards: RD 23 Feb 1897. Clean-cut work.

Scale:

1:5280

Map-maker:

A.F. Scott, F.S.I., Architect & Surveyor, Cromer [author], Warrington & Co., Garrick St, London [lith, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

46.0 x 33.3

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

roads, water

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Frontages only in built-up part: more refined elsewhere.

Water transport infrastructure:

jetties, navigation aids, misc: Breakwaters, Lifeboat.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Defence and military:

coastguard

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, misc: Convalescent Home.

Education and academic:

schools

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

BOL C17:70 Cromer (1), CUL Maps.c.77.89.1.

Industry:

bricks/tiles

Railways:

routes, earthworks, named, rails, passenger stations

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

cliffs

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Doctors Step [down cliff].

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Tenement boundaries group:

less built-up parts only

Ordnance Survey's

1885

1:2500

1:10,560