Nottinghamshire-Nottingham-1800
CBTM:
20535
Map Date:
? 1800
Repository reference:
Nottingham Central Library, Local Studies, qL96.1799
Historic county:
Nottinghamshire
Town name:
Nottingham
Map type:
uncertain
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SK576396
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SK 5744
Comments on map:
Recorded from photocopy: original at Nottinghamshire Archives. Now cut up into 35 irregular street-bounded sections, in a volume. It seems to be an urban counterpart to the Jalland map [Exeter 2053]. Official dating is 1799-1800: no date on any of the maps. Not much text other than street-names. 'Districts' 1-16 preceded by separate sheets listing streets.
Scale:
1:1188*
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
23 x 35 [maximum cover: sections irregular: equal to a single sheet about 160 x 130 cm].
Number of parts:
35
Colouring:
Buildings, roads, water, uncertain: Evidently unbuilt-on areas.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised: Generally not much information on building shapes even were the scale about 1:4000 or smaller.
Canals:
shown, wharf
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries
Markets and exchanges:
cross, exchanges, markets: [Malt Cross, Hen Cross].
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
Nottinghamshire Archives MS.8630.Archive [original], Nottingham Libraryq.196.2 (32922/73) [photocopy].
Industry:
food/drink, textiles, warehousing, timber: Several cotton mills.
Gardens:
shown: [A few garden areas indicated].
Leisure and entertainment:
riding schools, theatres, etc
Landowners and occupiers:
industrial owners
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
pounds/pinfolds: [Pinfold].
Cemeteries:
shown
Residual industrial land-use and waste:
relict industry: Old Pottery.
Ordnance Survey's
1879-81
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1899
1:2500
1:10,560
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