Northumberland-Berwick upon Tweed-1836 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18875

Map Date:

? 1836

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] T72/12

Historic county:

Northumberland

Town name:

Berwick upon Tweed

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NT997530

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NT 9953

Map title:

'Berwick upon Tweed shewing the division into wards of that part of the borough which lies within the walls of the town of Berwick.'

Comments on map:

This is plan no.2; plan no.1 is in similar style, of the whole borough, at 1:31,680. [Is this a redrawing of John Wood??] There is also a rough tracing of streets, with some addition names, e.g. of quays.

Scale:

1:2376

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

60.0 x 52.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Colouring:

Buildings, water, boundaries

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town walls: To be inferred from plan: Old Castle (on site of railway station).

Public/administrative boundaries:

Ward: By area-colour.

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] T72/12.

Ordnance Survey's

1851

1:528

1856

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897

1:2500

1:10,560