Shropshire-Shrewsbury-1890
CBTM:
19791
Map Date:
1890
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 4930 (3)
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.W.M. Tisdale, A.M.I.C.E. for historical & descriptive guide pubd. by L. Wilding. March 1890.'
Comments on map:
This might possibly derive in part from the 1851 Tisdale map [Exeter 22495].
Scale:
1:6336*
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
42.8 x 35.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: 'Shaded frontage' type.
Water transport infrastructure:
boat houses
Sanitary and utility information:
fire stations, gas works, reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
dispensaries, hospitals, infirmaries
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses, sports grounds
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 4930(3), BOL C17:70 Shrewsbury (5).
Industry:
engineering, metallurgical processing
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations: Includes Abbey Foregate Drop Station on west side of triangle, and to east of triangle as well (ticket platforms?), and Abbey Foregate Station ['North Wales Railway'] without indication that it has been closed for 10 years.
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms
Service and professional:
banks, insurance offices
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Hygenic-shield-with-drapes style: odd for 1890: referential? Or is it imitated from Exeter 22495?
Relief:
prominent hills: [Some steeper slopes].
Monuments:
columns, Monuments, statues: [Lord Hills column].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1879-80
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1900-01
1:2500
1:10,560
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