Norfolk-Great Yarmouth-1867 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22347

Map Date:

1.1867

Repository reference:

CUL Maps.77.86.1

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:

'Published under the Patronage of the Mayor and Corporation of Great Yarmouth. Map of Great Yarmouth and Southtown, from actual surveys made by John Laing, C.E., London, formerly Town surveyor of Great Yarmouth and late Borough Surveyor of Hastings. Survey and map revised, showing all the recent alterations and improvements, to January, 1867. The Original Survey & Map received a First Class Seal & Certificate from the Government General Board of Health.'

Comments on map:

Verbal description of boundaries, bottom right.

Scale:

1:2640

Map-maker:

Kell Bros, Lithrs, Castle St, Holborn, London E.C. [lith], John Laing, C.E., 9 Hayles Terrace, St Georges Road, London S [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

112.3 x 72.8

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised, steps to buildings: [A few flights of steps].

Mills:

windmills

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, wharfs, misc: Admiralty Yard, Life Boat Ho.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, municipal depots

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, coastguard, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals

Welfare and charitable:

blind, hospitals, sailors, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds, recreation grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Public/administrative boundaries:

county, Parish

Known copies of map:

CUL Maps.77.86.1, Norwich Library [originals]; Yarmouth Library [photocopy]; Norfolk RO MF/RO 121/4 [microfilm].

Industry:

food/drink, ship yards, rope walk, textiles, timber

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, rails, passenger stations: Rails not shown under roofs.

Gardens:

shown, market gardens, nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Antiquities:

Wall with named towers.

Post and telegraphs:

flagstaff, post offices

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [At top of title].

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Stated measuerments:

spot heights: To 0.1 ft: noted that datum is 20 feet below nench-mark at front gate of Town Hall.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1883

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560