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Shropshire-Wellington-1838

CBTM:
20511
Map Date:
? 1838
Repository reference:
Shropshire Records Centre, Local Studies Library
Historic county:
Shropshire
Town name:
Wellington
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SJ652117
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SJ 6306
Map title:
'... plan of Wellington... John Wood.'
Comments on map:
Undated, but cf Wood's other work hereabouts. Reference to post miles and fairs, but buildings are named in situ.
Scale:
1:2376
Map-maker:
John Wood [sv], J.R. Jobbins, Drftn. & Litho. 3 Warwick Court, Holborn [pr].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
53.2 x 51.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, misc: Well.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Known copies of map:
Shropshire RRC [Archives] 746/5; Shropshire RRC [Library] (original, slightly chewed; also photo, from anor copy); VCH 10, 206-7 [incomplete].
Industry:
engineering
Gardens:
shown, nurseries: Extensive areas of herringbone.
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown incompletely: [Not in closest built-up part].
Waterbodies:
shown
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Cemeteries:
shown
Dedicee of map:
Duke of Sutherland.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1880-1
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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