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Shropshire-Ellesmere-1835

CBTM:
18758
Map Date:
1835
Repository reference:
Shropshire RO 3551/1
Historic county:
Shropshire
Town name:
Ellesmere
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SJ402342
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SJ 3833
Map title:
'Plan of Ellesmere 1835.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from photocopy. Reference includes fairs, post miles, population in 1831 and market day; 'Races on the Octover', bottom left.
Scale:
1:2376
Map-maker:
John Wood [sv], John Wood, Caenarvon [pb], J. & W. Smith, Edinburgh [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
44.3 x 38.8
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Colouring:
boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
shown
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown, offices
Water transport infrastructure:
boat houses
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
manor
Known copies of map:
Shropshire RRC [Archives] 3551/1, Shropshire RRC [Library] (photocopies): record at Exeter 18758, duplicate record at Exeter 20505.
Industry:
timber
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown incompletely
Relief:
prominent hills
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown: [15 shown].
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1874
1:2500
1:10,560
1899-1900
1:2500
1:10,560
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