Norfolk-Kings Lynn-1841 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22548

Map Date:

1.2.1841

Repository reference:

Norfolk RO B.L. 47/2

Historic county:

Norfolk

Town name:

Kings Lynn

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TF617198

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TF 6523

Map title:

'Map of the borough of King's Lynn divided into parishes and wards.'

Comments on map:

Second part of the map shows the rural part of the borough at about 1:14,080.

Scale:

1:2970

Map-maker:

Dewhirst & Nichols, Civil Engineers, London [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

80.5 x 54.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours, boundaries

Colouring:

boundaries: Wards.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

(unspecified type): Kettle Mill.

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, quays, wharfs, misc: Staiths, Pilot Office.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish, Ward

Known copies of map:

Norfolk RO B.L. 47/2.

Industry:

food/drink, rope walk, timber, misc: Coal Yard.

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls

Service and professional:

banks

Antiquities:

South Gate, Old Tower [Greyfriars], Lady Mount.

Landowners and occupiers:

industrial owners: [Notably breweries].

Ferries:

ferry

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

pounds/pinfolds

Cemeteries:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1883

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560