Rutland-Uppingham-1858
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
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