Northamptonshire-Northampton-1836 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20769

Map Date:

1836

Repository reference:

Northampton Public Library, Northamptonshire Room [map chest: open access]

Historic county:

Northamptonshire

Town name:

Northampton

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SP755604

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SP 7562

Map title:

'Map of the borough of Northampton 1836.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from photocopy. Usual note of population, etc, bottom right.

Scale:

1:7040

Map-maker:

Dewhirst & Nichols, Land Surveyors, London [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

40.5 x 47.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

windmills, watermills, (pictorial)

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, misc: Thomas a Becket Well.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, mental

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

recreation grounds

Woodland:

orchards

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, Ward

Known copies of map:

Northampton Pub Lib 2541*, 9264, 9265 [original]; Northamptonshire RO Map 4614 [neg photo].

Industry:

bricks/tiles

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom left: County Lunatic Asylum.

Tenement boundaries group:

less built-up parts only

Ordnance Survey's

1883-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560