Shropshire-Oswestry-1833
CBTM:
20495
Map Date:
1833
Repository reference:
Shropshire RO 3551/4
Historic county:
Shropshire
Town name:
Oswestry
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SJ291298
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SJ 3030
Map title:
'Plan of Oswestry from actual survey by John Wood 1833.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from photocopy of original at Oswestry Library. Apparently lithographed. Reference includes lists of post miles, fairs, and population in 1831. 'Sold at Oswestry & by John Wood, Edinburgh.'
Scale:
1:2376
Map-maker:
John Wood, Edinburgh [sv, pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
48.0 x 41.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
colours
Colouring:
boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: [Castle Hill].
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, dispensaries: 'Dispensary and Lales's Horse repository'.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
Ward
Known copies of map:
TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/92 [original]; Shropshire RRC [Archives] 3551/4, Shropshire RRC [Library] [photocopies].
Industry:
misc: Coach Manufactory, Pipe Manufactory.
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown
Waterbodies:
shown
Relief:
shown partially: [Castle Hill].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Retail activity:
limited range: 'Dispensary and Lales's Horse repository'.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1874
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1900
1:2500
1:10,560
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