Shropshire-Shrewsbury-1838
CBTM:
20509
Map Date:
1838
Repository reference:
Shropshire Records Centre, Local Studies Library
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:
'... plan of Shrewsbury... John Wood. 1838.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from incomplete and not very clear photocopy. List of post-miles, fairs and market days.
Scale:
1:2376
Map-maker:
John Wood, Surveyor, Edinburgh [sv].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
101 x 71 [litho'd in 2 sheets].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Colouring:
boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
shown
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown, wharf
Water transport infrastructure:
boat houses
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Anglican with dedication.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, Ward
Known copies of map:
Shropshire RRC [Library] (photocopy of damaged copy).
Industry:
engineering, food/drink, timber
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Magnetic data:
diagram
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks, insurance offices, newspaper offices
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown incompletely: [In less built-up parts].
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Relief:
prominent hills
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Monuments:
columns: [Lord Hills Column].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Ferries:
ferry
Dedicee of map:
Rt Hon the Earl of Powis.
Tenement boundaries group:
less built-up parts only
Ordnance Survey's
1879-80
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1900-01
1:2500
1:10,560
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