Rutland-Uppingham-1858 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

17333

Map Date:

29.4.1858

Repository reference:

Leicestershire RO DE 2573/1

Historic county:

Rutland

Town name:

Uppingham

Map type:

Sanitary

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

SP866996

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SK 8604

Map title:

'Plan of Uppingham Shewing the Levels of the Streets, &c for Surface Drainage'.

Comments on map:

Signed by Morgan, bottom right: two other signatures above, presumably of local board members, e.g. No tenement divisions in buildings: otherwise crisp.

Scale:

1:792

Map-maker:

Robt. Morgan, C.E. [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

133 x 76

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

altitude information

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised, archways, steps to buildings

Turnpikes:

shown: With Weigh-house by tollgate.

Mills:

windmills

Sanitary and utility information:

fire stations, gas works, misc: Well (surface 47.8, bottom 46.3).

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

Leicestershire RO DE 2573/1.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown

Stated measuerments:

bench marks, spot heights: Both to 0.1 ft. 'Note: The Blue Figures denote the heights of the Ground above Datum, which is 50 feet below mark [arrow] on Stone at entrance to the Falcon Hotel.'

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1884

1:2500

1:10,560