Norfolk-Norwich-1899
CBTM:
22733
Map Date:
2.1899
Repository reference:
Norwich Library drawer 3.99
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 February 1899.'
Comments on map:
Note, bottom right, of total area of borough.
Scale:
1:5000
Map-maker:
Arthur S. Collins, Civil Engineer, Archt & Surveyor, Guildhall, Norwich [dr], Jarrold & Sons [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
100.0 x 74.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
altitude information
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme, transport.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
clergy residences, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Uncased pink bands along roads.
Mills:
windmills: [Lakenham mill shown by unnamed circle].
Water transport infrastructure:
wharfs, misc: Tonnage Office.
Sanitary and utility information:
fire stations, gas works, rubbish destructors, municipal depots, reservoirs, water works, sewage disposal, misc: Corporation Store Ground, Refuse Destructor & Air Compressing Station, water works Office, Fountains.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: 'Cathedral' in gothic.
Public buildings:
police, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, rifle ranges, volunteer parade grounds
Welfare and charitable:
blind, dispensaries, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses, misc: YMCA, YWCA, Nurses Home.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds, recreation grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough: [With note that extends down-river to Hardley Cross].
Known copies of map:
Norwich Library Box XII, 3.99.
Industry:
engineering, food/drink, uncertain, textiles, misc: Carrow Works; Laundry.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, motive power depots, named, turntables, rails, passenger stations, misc: Cattle Pens; Mid. & G Northn Offices & Tel. Office [in city centre].
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, museums
Parkland:
public parks: With Pavilion, Refresh Pavilion, Band Stand.
Service and professional:
banks, insurance offices
Antiquities:
Castle, Site of old City wall, Ketts Cave, named towers, Old Cloisters [at Carrow].
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
Liberal, Freemasons, unspecified, misc: Instutites.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom left: 'Key Plan City of Norwich', 1:63,360, with note below that some boundary between city and county is disputed.
Relief:
cliffs: [Cliffs or artificial slopes: around Pockthorpe].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Weigh Bridge.
Cemeteries:
shown
Retail activity:
publisher of map
Miscellaneous street furniture:
Milestones with distances.
Street tramways:
routes shown, depots, misc: Tramway Station (Car House), Tramway Power Stn. Tram routes shown inn blue-green, but no explanatory reference to them.
Business & commercial:
misc: Chamber of Commerce.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only, out-of-town inns only
Other land-uses & land-cover:
heath/uncultivated
Stated measuerments:
spot heights, other: Notes on high water levels.
Ordnance Survey's
1880-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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