Norfolk-Norwich-1850 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22554

Map Date:

1850

Repository reference:

Norfolk RO MF RO 397/6

Historic county:

Norfolk

Town name:

Norwich

Map type:

Utility

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 with parts of the hamlets shewing the water mains &c. 1850'.

Comments on map:

Recorded from microfilm, with scale etc compensated: scale is in chains, but seems best fitted to 1:2640.

Scale:

1:2640

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

147 x 134

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, roads, water: Possibly others.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Frontages only in more built-up parts; public buildings, including churches, emphasised but not named.

Mills:

watermills

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water mains

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish: [Outer parishes only].

Known copies of map:

Norfolk RO AWA 1/3 [original]; Norfolk RO MF RO 397/6.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Waterbodies:

shown

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Ketts Castle.

Cemeteries:

shown

Stated measuerments:

other: Numerous numerals on map: meaning unclear.

Ordnance Survey's

1880-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560