Nottinghamshire-Newark-1844 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

06504

Map Date:

1844

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] IR 30/26/87

Historic county:

Nottinghamshire

Town name:

Newark

Map type:

Tithe

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SK799539

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SK 7555

Comments on map:

Rural part is at 1:2376.

Scale:

1:792

Map-maker:

J.S. Padley and George Betham, Lincoln [authors].

Production mode:

manuscript

Number of parts:

2

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use, other: Dark blue band on part 1: 'Ring of the Town' ... according to agreement', the area within which is mapped in detail at 1:792. Pink bands divide tithe areas on 1:792 part. Meaning of red and yellow bands is unclear.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

wharfs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Piers shown inside parish church on 1:2376 plan only.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds: [Bowling green: coloured green: area 479].

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] IR 30/26/87.

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Antiquities:

Castle, Castle Ruins.

Waterbodies:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1883

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560