Shropshire-Shrewsbury-1875 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20510

Map Date:

1875

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:

'Map of the town and borough of Shrewsbury, and of the lands & premises within a radius of one mile and a half from the square, by T. Tisdale, Borough Surveyor, A.D. 1875.'

Comments on map:

Bottom right is 'Description of the boundary of the Borough, as given in the boundary bill of 1832.' [Provides for colouring both wards and parishes; only parishes coloured on this copy.]

Scale:

1:7128

Map-maker:

T. Tisdale, Borough Surveyor [author], Adnitt & Naunton, Lithographers, The Square, Shrewsbury [lith, pb].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

91.0 x 79.8

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours

Colouring:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

watermills

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

wharfs, boat houses

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Some gothic used for outlying ones: separate headings 'Ecclesiastical Buildings' and 'Chapels & other places of worship' in reference.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, rifle ranges, misc.: Military Depot, [Rifle Range with Target and Butts].

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, dispensaries, hospitals, infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses, sports grounds: With Pavilion on Cricket Field, Stand and Grand Stand at race course.

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, Ward

Known copies of map:

CUL Maps.b.83.87.1, Shropshire RRC [Library] [original, kept behind counter] [1875].

Industry:

uncertain, misc: Factory, Laundry.

Railways:

routes, earthworks, named, rails, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc, museums

Magnetic data:

diagram

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks, insurance offices

Antiquities:

Pulpit south of Abbey church.

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

prominent hills

Monuments:

columns, memorials, Monuments: [Lord Hill's Column, Clive Monument, Clement Memorial].

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [With 'Floreat Salopia'].

Ferries:

ferry

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

kennels, pounds/pinfolds

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1879-80

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900-01

1:2500

1:10,560