Norfolk-Norwich-1873
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
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