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Northumberland-Berwick upon Tweed-1822

CBTM:
19677
Map Date:
1822
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 183.q.1.(28)
Historic county:
Northumberland
Town name:
Berwick upon Tweed
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NT997530
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NT 9953
Map title:
'Plan of the town of Berwick upon Tweed from actual survey by John Wood Edinr. 1822'.
Comments on map:
Includes extension at 1:4752 to include New Pier.
Scale:
1:2376
Map-maker:
John Wood, Edinburgh [author, pb], T. Clerk [eng], Berwick, 1 North Bridge, Edinr. [sold at].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
65.5 x 52.7
Number of parts:
2
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Varying degree of generalisation.
Turnpikes:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
misc: Berwick Shipping Company's Offices and Newcastle Warehouse, Harbour Office.
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs, misc: Wells.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, town gates, magazines/arsenals, town walls, misc.: Old Wall, named bastions, Flag Staff [pictorial], Mainguard, Ordnance House, Demolished Line of Communication, Redoubt in ruins.
Welfare and charitable:
dispensaries
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 183.q.1.(28), Maps C.21.e, NLS EU.31.W [in Scottish town atlas]; CUL Maps.bb.79.96.1 [photo of BL]; BOL C17:2a1, CUL Atlas.2.99.2 [1991].
Industry:
engineering, food/drink, ship yards, oil/soap etc, rope walk, textiles, timber
Gardens:
shown, misc: Millers Garden [unclear if horticultural].
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown incompletely: [In less built-up parts; also includes incumbents of churches and chapels, banking firms, and landlords of inns].
Waterbodies:
shown
Relief:
prominent hills
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Stated measuerments:
soundings: Line [evidently in feet] across river.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1851
1:528
1856
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1897
1:2500
1:10,560
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