Norfolk-Kings Lynn-1846 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18506

Map Date:

1846

Repository reference:

BL 797.d.5

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:

'Plan of Kings Lynn 1846'.

Comments on map:

F.p.[7] in W.P. Burnet [compil], A hand-book of King's Lynn; or, a visit to the Metropolis of Marshland, London: Whittaker, Lynn: Longbottom, 1846.

Scale:

1:4752

Map-maker:

W.P. Burnet [del], Eldridge, Lynn [eng], E. Longbottom, 58 High St, Lynn [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

25.8 x 37.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, quays, misc: Pilot Office.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

customs

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries: [Fort].

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BL 797.d.5, CUL 1846 (7) 56 [in W.P. Burnet [compil], A hand-book of King's Lynn; or, a visit to the Metropolis of Marshland, London: Whittaker, Lynn: Longbottom, 1846]; BL 1853.d.15 [1846: in Charles Parkin, Topographyy of Freebridge Lynn Hundred...]; [1846/1997: in Paul Richards, Kings Lynn Chichester: Phillimore, 1997, 15].

Industry:

bricks/tiles

Railways:

routes

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Antiquities:

Red Mount, [Greyfriars] Tower.

Symbolic elements:

Municipal regalia above scale.

Ferries:

landings

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1883

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560