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Norfolk-Norwich-1851

CBTM:
22722
Map Date:
? 1851
Repository reference:
Norwich Library Box XII
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:
'City of Norwich. Pollution of River Wensum.'
Comments on map:
Top right: 'Reports of Superintending Inspectors of the General Board of Health.' Code 329P155 above litho imprint. Outline of streets and not much else.
Scale:
1:8712
Map-maker:
Standidge & Co., Litho, Old Jewry [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
31.3 x 41.5
Number of parts:
1
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs, water works, misc: Numerous privvies, drains and sewers discharging into river.
Places of Worship:
(pictorial)
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses
Known copies of map:
Norwich Library Box XII.
Industry:
chemicals, oil/soap etc, paper/print, textiles, abbatoirs: Only shown where polluting the river.
Railways:
routes, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
Ordnance Survey's
1880-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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