Nottinghamshire-Nottingham-1839 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

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.

Ordnance Survey's

1879-81

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560