Norfolk-Swaffham-1845 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21063

Map Date:

1845

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 32.c.36

Historic county:

Norfolk

Town name:

Swaffham

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TF821089

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TF 8108

Map title:

'Parish of Swaffham, Norfolk. 1845', 'Swaffham Town.'

Comments on map:

Town is 1:2376 enlargement on 1:9504 map of parish, accompanied by Reference Book to the parish of Swaffham..., Swaffham: Gowing, 1845 (with lithographed vignette of church yard on title page). Reputedly derived from the tithe survey: the reference has Land Owners, Occupiers, Nos. on the Map, Name and Description of Lands and Premises, State of Cultivation, Quantities in Statute Measure. Gowing's full name was John Sewell Gowing.

Scale:

1:2376

Map-maker:

S. Straker Lithogr 118 Bishopgate St, London [lith], J.S. Gowing, Swaffham [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

95.0 x 65.5 [overall: town 34 x 47 maximum].

Number of parts:

2

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, misc: Wells [? public].

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

cross, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 32.c.36 [with Bk Ref], Norfolk RO PD 52/500 [reference at /501], PD 52/460(H).

Industry:

food/drink

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom left: Market Place.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1883

1:2500

1:10,560