Nottinghamshire-Nottingham-1883 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19823

Map Date:

? 1883

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 4650 (2)

Historic county:

Nottinghamshire

Town name:

Bulwell, Nottingham

Map type:

Utility

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SK576396

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SK 5744

Map title:

'Map of the borough of Nottingham shewing surface levels by contour lines.'

Comments on map:

Undated: BM RD 17 Sep 1883. Presumably prepared for some sanitary purpose, rather than way-finding.

Scale:

1:19,008

Map-maker:

Thos Kell & Son, 40 King St, Covent Garden [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

43.8 x 61.8

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

contours

Road names:

partly

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works, misc: Sanitary Wharfs.

Places of Worship:

incomplete Anglican/established only: Named in gothic.

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, mental, workhouses

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

recreation grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

In alternative contoured and geological versions. BLML Maps 4650(2), BOL C17:70 Nottingham (6), CUL Maps.80.88.1; NLS Map.1.22.67 [with contours]; BLML Maps 4650(3), BOL C17:70 Nottingham (7), Nottingham Library A.50.R.5, R.6 [with geology]; Nottingham Library A.50.Health.R.6 [with red spots indicating diahorrea cases].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Parkland:

public parks

Cemeteries:

shown

Stated measuerments:

contours: At 100 ft and thence at 30 ft intervals: in blue, with note that are above Liverpool datum.

Ordnance Survey's

1877-81

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560

1879-81

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560