Norfolk-Norwich-1824 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22551

Map Date:

1824

Repository reference:

Norfolk RO N/TC 62/1

Historic county:

Norfolk

Town name:

Norwich

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TG233087

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TG 2208

Map title:

'Map of the county of the city of Norwich. 1824'.

Comments on map:

Neither built-up nor rural areas mapped in detail: seems to be of very limited 'urban' interest.

Scale:

1:4752

Map-maker:

Newton and Woodrow, Norwich, Surveyors [authors].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

133 x 143

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, roads, boundaries: Grey buildings.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

fragmentary: Exiguous.

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Frontages only.

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, misc: Spring.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established predominates: Seem to be few non-Anglican: village churches pictorial.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

hamlet, Parish

Known copies of map:

Norfolk RO N/TC 62/1.

Industry:

lime/cement, paper/print, misc: Snuff Mill.

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground: [Few private ones].

Antiquities:

Cows Tower, City Wall.

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary for location purposes

Waterbodies:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Foot/bridle ways:

shown: Very few.

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Ketts Castle.

Ferries:

ferry

Ordnance Survey's

1880-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560