Norfolk-Norwich-1849
CBTM:
22528
Map Date:
1849
Repository reference:
Norfolk RO Hayes & Storr map no. 134
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:
'Plan of the City of Norwich.'
Comments on map:
'Engraved by Becker's Patent Process on Steel'.
Scale:
1:8716
Map-maker:
Charles Muskett, Old Haymarket, Norwich [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
27.0 x 39.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills, watermills, (pictorial): The sails look like poles with flags on the end: distinctive, if mechanically questionable.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: In reference, 'Churches' are numbered in Roman and are Anglican: others are in arabic as 'Public Buildings'.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges
Woodland:
shown: Woods and parks merge with each other.
Known copies of map:
Norwich Library Box XII, Box XVII, Norfolk RO Hayes & Storr map no.134 M3,M4 [1849]; Norwich Library Box XII [1868: pub Muskett/Fletcher & Son].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, lime/cement, textiles
Railways:
routes, passenger stations, projected or otherwise unbuilt lines: Including proposed Norwich Victoria [with different approach].
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc, museums
Parkland:
public parks: Woods and parks merge with each other.
Service and professional:
banks, insurance offices
Antiquities:
Named towers.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Tenement boundaries group:
less built-up parts only
Ordnance Survey's
1880-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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