Shropshire-Bridgnorth-1835
CBTM:
18756
Map Date:
1835
Repository reference:
Shropshire RO BB/E/1/5/2/13/1
Historic county:
Shropshire
Town name:
Bridgnorth
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SO718932
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SO 7592
Map title:
'Plan of Bridgnorth from actual survey 1835'.
Comments on map:
[No information on post miles, etc, unlike most Wood maps.]
Scale:
1:2376*
Map-maker:
John Wood, Surveyor, Edinr [sv], Leith & Smith, Edinburgh [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
52.5 x 43.8
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Colouring:
boundaries: Faded.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
watermills
Water transport infrastructure:
wharfs
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Woodland:
scattered tree cover: Including named avenue.
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish
Known copies of map:
Shropshire RRC [Archives] 4001/P/1/8.
Industry:
engineering, textiles: [Foundry, carpet factories].
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown
Relief:
prominent hills
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
pounds/pinfolds
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown: [31, including the Hope Pole and Squirrell].
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1882
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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