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Somerset-Clevedon-1880

CBTM:
21411
Map Date:
[1880]
Repository reference:
BL PP.2508.oea
Historic county:
Somerset
Town name:
Clevedon
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
ST708396
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
ST 4372
Map title:
'Map of Clevedon, and visiting district. E.J. Wareham, Victoria Library.'
Comments on map:
In J. Wright & Co's Weston-super-Mare and Clevedon Directory, 1880-1, London: Houlston, and Bristol: Wright. [1880], f.p.146: perhaps from stock bought-in by Wright, as back is wholly taken up with the Victoria Library and Emporium for Leather Goods. Cover excludes the area round the parish church.
Scale:
1:7500*
Map-maker:
E.J. Wareham, Victoria Library [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
26.0 x 21.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, building infill omitted: Boxes without infill.
Water transport infrastructure:
piers
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Fountain.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
BL PP.2508.oea.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, ice-skating, misc: Donkey Stand.
Parkland:
public parks
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top right: location map, with mix of solid and pecked routes.
Relief:
prominent hills
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Weighbridge, Esplanade.
Retail activity:
publisher of map
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1882-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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