Shropshire-Shrewsbury-1831
CBTM:
18839
Map Date:
30.09.1831
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] T72/11 [I]
Historic county:
Shropshire
Town name:
Shrewsbury
Map type:
boundaries
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SJ492124
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SJ 4712
Map title:
'Rough sketch of the town and vicinity of Shrewsbury.
Comments on map:
Has something of the look of an Ordnance Surveyors Drawing enlargement.
Scale:
1:10,560*
Map-maker:
A. Hitchcock, Shrewsbury [dr].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
76.0 x 55.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Colouring:
Buildings, water, boundaries: Buildings and water grey.
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Known copies of map:
TNA [PRO] T72/11 [I].
Industry:
uncertain, misc: Laundry (by riverside).
Ferries:
ferry
Ordnance Survey's
1879-80
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1900-01
1:2500
1:10,560
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