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Somerset-Burnham on Sea-1852

CBTM:
23397
Map Date:
8.1852
Repository reference:
Somerset RO D/u/b/8/3/1-5
Historic county:
Somerset
Town name:
Burnham on Sea
Map type:
Sanitary
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
ST304493
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
ST 3346
Map title:
[1:2376:] 'The District of Burnham constituted for the purposes of the Public Health Act 1848.'; [1:528:] 'Burnham Town Area Enlarged Plan of Details No.1' [etc].
Comments on map:
Signed by Henry Austin as apparently correct 3 Dec. 1852. With later annotations. Marked lack of text compared with Ordnance Survey work at 1:528.
Scale:
1:528
Map-maker:
Arthur Whitehead, Civil Engineer & Surveyor, Exeter [sv].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
142.5 x 68.5 [1:2376], 68.0 x 120.5, 107.5 x 64.0, 63.0 x 94.0 [1:528].
Number of parts:
5
Legends:
general legend: Dwelling houses, outhouses, shgeds (hatched), Privvies (o), Water Closets (o with W.C.), overhead (o underlined), Pumps (half-black long oblong), Pig Styes (P.S.), Rain Spout (R.S.), Dust Bin or Ash Pit (D.B.), Cess pit (C.P.), Wash house (W.H.), Bench mark, levels of basements.
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme, boundaries, decorative, utilities
Road names:
fragmentary: Royal Terrace.
Building names:
clergy residences
Buildings:
inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished, stables/coach houses, steps to buildings: Including sheds (hatched); greenhouses shown by annotation.
Sanitary and utility information:
sewers, sanitary hazards: Sewers red.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
Somerset RO D/u/b/8/3/1-5.
Railways:
routes, rails, passenger stations
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa: [Including Pump Room].
Magnetic data:
diagram: 1:2376 indicates 'Magnetic Meridian'.
Waterbodies:
shown
Stated measuerments:
bench marks, spot heights, other: 0.01 ft: including basement and sewer depths; datum is 50 feet below arrow cut on last house in Love Lane.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1883
1:2500
1:10,560
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