Norfolk-Great Yarmouth-1861 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22572

Map Date:

1861

Repository reference:

Norfolk RO Y/TC 41/2

Historic county:

Norfolk

Town name:

Great Yarmouth

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

TG523080

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TG 5207

Map title:

'Map of the estates of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borough of Great Yarmouth, made in the year 1861, by Alfred William Morant, Surveyor to the said Mayor, Aldermen, & Burgesses.'

Comments on map:

Y/TC 41/2 appears to be the 'original' set of 20 maps, based on the Laing survey [Exeter 22569], with part at 1:528 and part at 1:2640, and with annotations up to at least 1877. Y/TC 41/2/3 is a Reference, with columns for variously Newton's map of 1826, Hilling's map, and Tillett's map (these are the transcripts of 1842, etc, at end of Y/TC 41/2), name of occupier, etc, description, freehold, leasehold, and remarks including how rents payable; latter part of this and whole of Y/TC 41/4, which is called 'Vol. II' only have numbers for the Morant survey. Y/TC 41/1 is a less finished copy, with some additional maps, of Y/TC 41/2. Compared with Laing, this set of maps is comparatively uniformative for the general user, with much of the built-up area not mapped in detail.

Scale:

1:528

Map-maker:

Alfred William Morant, Surveyor to the Mayor, Aldermen, & Burgesses [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

80.5 x 60.0 [x 20].

Number of parts:

20

Colouring:

Buildings, water, owners

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

piers, misc: Port Dues Office [combined with Public Library].

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only: Named in gothic.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses, recreation grounds

Known copies of map:

Norfolk RO Y/TC 41/1,2,3,4.

Leisure and entertainment:

libraries/newsrooms

Antiquities:

Town wall.

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary for location purposes

Monuments:

Monuments: [Nelson Column].

Cemeteries:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1883

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560