Shropshire-Shrewsbury-1831 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19790

Map Date:

1831

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 4930 (1)

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

Comments on map:

Almost everything, including street names, is by number and reference, so that very little text, other than the numbers, appears on the map proper.

Scale:

1:5544

Map-maker:

R. & E. Williamson, 8 Brook St, West Sq., London [eng], C. Hulbert, Shrewsbury [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

31.0 x 28.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only: Very few.

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Water transport infrastructure:

wharfs: [Coal Wharf].

Sanitary and utility information:

water works: ['Water Engine' at English Bridge assumed to be thus].

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town walls

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

cross, markets: [Butter Cross].

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 4930(1).

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Antiquities:

Monastic remains.

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Drape on vignette, q.v.

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Title against gothic archway with spire [St Marys?] rising in background.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1879-80

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900-01

1:2500

1:10,560