Somerset-Weston super Mare-1865 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18531

Map Date:

1865

Repository reference:

[University of Exeter collection]

Historic county:

Somerset

Town name:

Weston super Mare

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

ST320613

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 3261

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Weston-super-Mare in the county of Somerset. 1865.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from dyeline copy: not very clear. The original of this one has had water mains added in manuscript.

Scale:

1:7920

Map-maker:

Hobbins & Scotney, High Street, Weston-super-Mare [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

32.0 x 43.8

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

University of Exeter collection [dyeline copy: original not located].

Industry:

furniture/pottery, abbatoirs: 'Slaughter Houses & Disinfecting Tanks'.

Railways:

routes, named, rails, passenger stations

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Gardens:

market gardens

Antiquities:

Encampment.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1883-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560