Norfolk-Norwich-1873 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21066

Map Date:

1873

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 4350 (2)

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 city of Norwich compiled from the latest surveys by A.W. Morant City Surveyor 1873.'

Comments on map:

Original apparently in six sections.

Scale:

1:3960

Map-maker:

A.W. Morant City Surveyor [author], Fletcher & Son, Norwich [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

104 x 115

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills, watermills, (symbol): Windmills shown by circular shaded building with X above.

Water transport infrastructure:

boat houses

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Anglican named in gothic.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Penal:

jails/reformatories: [Castle treated as Gaol].

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses, misc: Girls Home, Boys Home.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

bathing, sports grounds

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 4350(2), BOL C17:70 Norwich (4), CUL Maps.77.87.1, CUL MS Plans.b.18 [with ecclesiastical parishes], Norwich Library 2.26(QO), 3.98, Box XIII, Norfolk RO N/TC 62/3, D.S.183(403), N/TC 62/2, Church Commissioners Map 15141, Church Commissioners Map 155098 [with Dean & Chapter estates], AWA 1/8; Norwich Library Box XIII [revised by Thwaites, City Engineer].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, textiles, timber, uncertain, misc: Brush Manufactory; Mustard & Starch Works; Norwich Steam Power Co.

Railways:

routes, earthworks, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

market gardens: [Mostly probably thus].

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks, insurance offices

Antiquities:

Convent (in gothic), gates, walls, Cows Tower.

Landowners and occupiers:

industrial owners

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

Freemasons

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom left: 'The county of the City of Norwich and neighbourhood from the Ordnance Survey': photographic reproduction from Ordnance Survey 1:63,360 Old Series, extending beyond the borough boundary.

Relief:

prominent hills

Borders:

decorative

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Monuments:

statues: [Nelson statue, Wellington Statue].

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Weigh Bridge.

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only, out-of-town inns only

Tenement boundaries group:

incomplete

Ordnance Survey's

1880-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560