Northumberland-Morpeth-1852 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19967

Map Date:

1852

Repository reference:

Northumberland RO 5789, Morpeth Records Centre NRO 5445 [original NRO 5789]

Historic county:

Northumberland

Town name:

Morpeth

Map type:

Sanitary

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NZ198858

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NZ 2289

Map title:

[1:528 plans:] Plan of the town and part of the borough of Morpeth in the county of Northumberland. Surveyed for the purposes of the Health of Towns Act, Vic.11 & 12.C.63.A.D.1848. by Robert Syer Hoggart and William Henry Rapier, Civil Engineers. 1852.' [1:360 plans:] 'Morpeth Local Board of Health

Comments on map:

Title sheet (huge coat of arms and lots of flourishes: decidedly refulgent), legend sheet, and 17 double-elephant sheets dated 1852 at 1:528 and 78 sheets of 'House Drainage' dated 1853 at 1:360, also 1:2640 index map. Notes accompanying photocopies say that contract was for 379:16s:0d, and surveyors were from Wolverhampton. Houses, etc, are numbered on 1:528, but the reference is elsewhere, and the numbering differs from that on the 1:360 plans. (Sewers and water pipes are possibly later additions to the 1:528; some buildings, e.g. grammar school on sheet 5 and buildings to west of gas works on sheet 6, certainly are.) Sheets are headed top centre variously 'Morpeth' or 'Bullers Green'.

Scale:

1:528

Map-maker:

Robert Syer Hoggart and William Henry Rapier, Civil Engineers [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

84.5 x 57.4 [x 17, plus two similar text sheets: about 97 x 67 overall], 78 x 57 x 40 [x 78].

Number of parts:

96

Legends:

general legend: S.G., K.S., S., V., C.P., o, W.C. [also under and overlined], W.H., W.S. [water supply], CN. (also overlined for sunk), G.P., R.S., D.B., W.P., ST., C.H., Co.H., G.H. (Green House), A. [area: plus overlined for sunk, underlined for raised], B.M., F.P., L.P. Brick buildings carmine, wooden grey with ---, stone paving and flagging grey, macadam or ballast pale yellow, Garden Ground pale green.

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use, other: Gardens green; macadam and paving distinguished.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished, archways, stables/coach houses, steps to buildings, walls: [Coach Houses, Gig Ho, Barn, a few sheds].

Mills:

watermills

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, gas mains, lamps, sewers, water mains, sanitary hazards: Sewer pipe diameters on 1:360 only. (Sewers (red) and water pipes (blue) are possibly later additions.) Lamps and LP [only at road junction on 1:360], Trough. Hazards include WC, privvy, WH, St, C, DR, Piggery, Pig Sty, Cow Ho, Bone Ho. Two named wells, a few pumps, wells and stables. Gasometer, Retorts and 'House' x 2 at gas works.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Including Cross in Roman Catholic churchyard. Interior with pews of parish church only, where + evidently marks the font.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories: Functions of blocks and yards at jail are indicated, including Tread Mill.

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, dispensaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

township

Known copies of map:

Morpeth RO NRO 5789.

Industry:

chemicals, engineering, food/drink, smithing, oil/soap etc, furniture/pottery, textiles, timber, abbatoirs, uncertain, misc: [Dye Ho.], Drying Ground, Bark Mill [next to Tannery], [Horse Slaughter Ho. [at tannery], Slaughter House], Curriers Shop, Warehouse, Coach Factory, Wauk Mill, Spirit Warehouses, Sand Mill, Thrashing Machine, Builders Yard, Dairy, Paint Works.

Railways:

routes, passenger stations

River and foreshore features:

foreshore, foreshore material specified, weirs and waterfalls, misc: Stepping Stones.

Gardens:

shown, nurseries, misc: Garden paths, 'Park'.

Service and professional:

banks

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

mechanics institutes

Extractive activity:

coal: 'Shaft' with surrounding hachured mounds (sheet 11).

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Sidewalks.

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Ruins.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [On title sheet].

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

cow-keeping, pig-keeping, pounds/pinfolds: [Pinfold].

Towers:

tower

Residual industrial land-use and waste:

rubbish tips

Garden and park buildings:

greenhouses: [Hot Houses].

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown, coffee houses: ['Coffee Hotel' adjoining wauk mill (sheet 10)].

Other land-uses & land-cover:

misc: Stack Yard.

Stated measuerments:

bench marks, basement levels, soundings, spot heights: River bed depths. No bench-marks on 1:360: on 1:528 they are marked B.M. and O.B.M. Ordnance bench marks have upward-pointing arrow, Local Board of Health ones point downwards. 'The Levels are given on the Ordnance Datum from the mean level of the Sea, or 93.76 feet below the Bench Mark, under the Inscription Plate on Morpeth Bridge. The Figures in Red on the Houses denote the level of the lowest Floor.'

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1859

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560