Northumberland-Berwick upon Tweed-1849
CBTM:
19989
Map Date:
1849
Repository reference:
BL 10370.d.17
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'.
Comments on map:
F.p. [iv] of Frederick Sheldon, History of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Edinburgh: Black, London: Longman, Berwick: Wilson, 1849.
Scale:
1:4800
Map-maker:
W.H. Lizars lith [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
19.7 x 15.8
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, building infill omitted, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
quays, misc: Harbour Masters Office.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, town gates, magazines/arsenals, town walls: [Battery; bastions, etc, named; Ordnance House].
Welfare and charitable:
dispensaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
BL 10370.d.17, CUL Maps 79.97.1,2 [original]; Berwick upon Tweed RO [photocopy on wall].
Industry:
ship yards, abbatoirs
Leisure and entertainment:
libraries/newsrooms
Service and professional:
banks
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom right: ruined tower, no caption.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Ordnance Survey's
1851
1:528
1856
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1897
1:2500
1:10,560
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