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Nottinghamshire-Nottingham-1839

CBTM:
20562
Map Date:
1839
Repository reference:
Nottingham Central Library, Local Studies A.20.1839.RR.4
Historic county:
Nottinghamshire
Town name:
Nottingham
Map type:
Utility
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SK576396
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SK 5744
Map title:
'Plan of the town of Nottingham, and of the fields, meadows, forest and other lands, within the parish of Saint Mary, in the Town and County of the said town.'
Comments on map:
Coloured to show common, etc, areas, and areas proposed for enclosure. Open fields named: otherwise little text.
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
H.M. Wood [author].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
25.2 x 36.5 [map: plate 27.6 x 38.0].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
colours
Colouring:
other: Common, etc, areas, and areas proposed for enclosure.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: But none of the emphasised buildings [including churches and castle] are described.
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial): Numerous.
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools: Not many shown.
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
recreation grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
areas named (no boundaries shown): Wards named, but boundaries not shown.
Known copies of map:
Nottingham Library A.20.1839.RR.4.
Industry:
metallurgical processing
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
riding schools, theatres, etc
Magnetic data:
diagram
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Druidical Remains.
Commons:
shown
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Cemeteries:
shown
Residual industrial land-use and waste:
relict industry: Old Pottery.
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