Shropshire-Shrewsbury-1815 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22494

Map Date:

1815

Repository reference:

BL 10358.d.39

Historic county:

Shropshire

Town name:

Shrewsbury

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SJ492124

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SJ 4712

Map title:

'A plan of Shrewsbury MDCCCXV.'

Comments on map:

F.p. [1] in Thomas J. Howell, The stranger in Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury: the author, London: Longman, Sherwood, n.d. (dedication to Lord Hill is dated 3 Sep 1816 on p.iv).

Scale:

1:5544

Map-maker:

E. & E. Williamson, Sculp., 8 Brook St, West Sq., London [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

30.5 x 27.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

fragmentary

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Blocks only.

Mills:

watermills

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

wharfs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

cross: [Alsop Butter Cross].

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BL 10358.d.39, BOL G.A. Shropshire 8o 18, CUL Maps.c.83.81.1; BL 1509/2811 [1824: Howell's Stranger in Shrewsbury, ed 2].

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Antiquities:

Monastic remains, walls.

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

symbolic/non-realistic: On scroll-drape, with ruined gateway behind, and church with spire (? St Alkmonds) further back.

Relief:

prominent hills

Arms and heraldry:

misc: Top left: the three lions or cats heads.

Ordnance Survey's

1879-80

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900-01

1:2500

1:10,560