Northumberland-Alnwick-1827 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18866

Map Date:

1827

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] T72/12

Historic county:

Northumberland

Town name:

Alnwick

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NU186136

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NU 2013

Map title:

'Plan of the town & borough of Alnwick from actual survey 1827.'

Comments on map:

Usual Wood style: note of population in 1821 (5927) below References, bottom left.

Scale:

1:2376

Map-maker:

John Wood [sv, pb], W. Murphy, Edinburgh [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

53.0 x 58.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours

Colouring:

owners: Duke of Northumberland's property.

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: A few named wells.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] T72/12 [original]; BOL c17:2 a.1, CUL Atlas.2.99.2; Darlington Local Studies Library U400.a.40 L.C. [72505], NLS Map.Fac.b.C17, Newcastle Library L912.2 N536 [acc. Cr.96211A, Cr.95137A] [in Town atlas of Northumberland and Durham by John Wood 1820-1827, Frank Graham, 1991].

Industry:

food/drink, textiles: [Breweries & tanneries].

Railways:

industrial tramways/waggonways: To 'Coal Staith'.

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

prominent hills

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Monuments:

columns: [Percy Tenantry Column].

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Dedicee of map:

Duke of Northumberland.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1851

1:528

1:2640

1864

1:528

1:2500

1:10,560

1897

1:2500

1:10,560