Shropshire-Shrewsbury-1851 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22495

Map Date:

[1851]

Repository reference:

BL 10350.c.25

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 by T. Tisdale for Pidgeons Memorials of Shrewsbury 1851'.

Comments on map:

F.p. [1] in Henry Pidgeon, Memorials of Shrewsbury, being a concise description of the town... adapted as a general guide..., second edition, Shrewsbury: Leake, n.d. (preface, p.vii, is dated 1851).

Scale:

1:10,000*

Map-maker:

T. Tisdale [author], J.H. Leake [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

26.5 x 22.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills, watermills

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, water works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, misc.: Depot.

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses, sports grounds: With Distance Chair, Stand, Winning Chair.

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BL 10350.c.25, BOL G.A. Salop. 8o 14 [in H. Pidgeon, Memorials of Shrewsbury, 2nd ed].

Industry:

engineering, food/drink, metallurgical processing

Railways:

routes, goods depots, motive power depots, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: On drape, held in the mouths of the three lions or cats, in line: unusual for 1851.

Monuments:

columns: [Lord Hills Column].

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1879-80

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900-01

1:2500

1:10,560