Northamptonshire-Northampton-1878
CBTM:
20771
Map Date:
1.1878
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:
'A map of the borough of Northampton corrected to January 1878...'
Comments on map:
Pretty generalised: publishers describe themselves as 'Wholesale stationers, bookbinders & manufacturers of every description of account books & ruled, printed, & lithographed forms, wholesale paper & strawboard merchants, makers of cardboard boxes & paper & linen stocking'.
Scale:
1:6336
Map-maker:
Birdsall & Son, Wood St & Union St, Northampton [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
48.0 x 46.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
roads, water, land-use: Syntheic 'green' for churchyards and cemetery.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
watermills
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, sewage disposal, misc: St Thomas Well.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
barracks, drill halls
Welfare and charitable:
mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
bathing, race courses
Known copies of map:
Northampton Public Library 2549 [original]; Northamptonshire Public Library, Northamptonshire Room 13645, 13646 [copies]; Northamptonshire RO Map 4615 [neg photo]; Northamptonshire Public Library, Northamptonshire Room 9273, Northamptonshire RO Rop.846 [1881: in Campion's Popular Guide]; Northamptonshire RO Garratt VI [1881.c: pb Mark & Bailey].
Industry:
bricks/tiles
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Parkland:
public parks
Antiquities:
Site of Castle.
Waterbodies:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Miscellaneous religious group:
Convent.
Ordnance Survey's
1883-4
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1899
1:2500
1:10,560
1883-4
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1899
1:2500
1:10,560
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