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Shropshire-Ellesmere-1835

CBTM:
20505
Map Date:
1835
Repository reference:
Shropshire Records Centre, Local Studies Library
Historic county:
Shropshire
Town name:
Ellesmere
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SJ402347
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SJ 3833
Map title:
'Plan of Ellesmere 1835.'
Comments on map:
'Sold at Ellesmere & by John Wood, Surveyor, Caernarvon'. Usual references to fairs, post miles and population; date of races in October left blank.
Scale:
1:2376
Map-maker:
John Wood, Surveyor, Caernarvon [sv, pb].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
43.0 x 37.2
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
colours
Colouring:
boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
shown
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown, offices, other: Boat House.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
manor
Known copies of map:
Shropshire RRC [Archives] 3551/1, Shropshire RRC [Library] (photocopies): main record at Exeter 18758, duplicate record at Exeter 20505.
Industry:
ship yards, rope walk, timber
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
notable residents
Waterbodies:
shown
Relief:
prominent hills
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
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