Norfolk-Great Yarmouth-1855
CBTM:
22522
Map Date:
1855
Repository reference:
Norwich Library Local Studies [maps] Drawer 3.50
Historic county:
Norfolk
Town name:
Great Yarmouth
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TG523080
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TG 5207
Map title:
'Plan of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Compiled from actual surveys by J. Laing, Town Surveyor, 1855.'
Scale:
1:4752
Map-maker:
J. Laing, Town Surveyor [author], W. Freeman, Sculpt., Yarmouth [eng], L.A. Meall, Quay [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
59.7 x 35.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally: Omits most of the rows.
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, jetties, piers, quays, misc: 'The Crane' on quayside; [Ballast Quay].
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
cross, exchanges, markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Public/administrative boundaries:
Ward
Known copies of map:
Norwich Library 3.50 [original]; Yarmouth Library [undated and unattributed later C20 facsimile].
Industry:
chemicals, textiles
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
shown, nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, museums
Antiquities:
Walls: unnamed.
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Post and telegraphs:
electric telegraph office, post offices, misc: Telegraph House.
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Tenement boundaries group:
incomplete: Not in 'rows'.
Ordnance Survey's
1883
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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