Shropshire-Shrewsbury-1836 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19141

Map Date:

? 1836

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] T72/14

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:

'Plan of the borough of Shrewsbury divided into three wards'.

Comments on map:

Seems to derive from the Hitchcock map [Exeter 19140].

Scale:

1:9600

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

50.0 x 41.0

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water, boundaries

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, misc.: Depot.

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish, Ward

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] T72/14.

Industry:

uncertain: Factories.

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa

Waterbodies:

shown

Monuments:

Monuments: [Lord Hills Column].

Ordnance Survey's

1879-80

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900-01

1:2500

1:10,560