Somerset-Weston super Mare-1880 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21410

Map Date:

[1880]

Repository reference:

BL PP.2508.oea

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:

'Map of Weston super Mare

Comments on map:

In J. Wright & Co's Weston-super-Mare and Clevedon Directory, 1880-1, London: Houlston, and Bristol: Wright. [1880], f.t.p.

Scale:

1:10,560*

Map-maker:

J. Wright & Co. Bristol [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

20.3x 15.8 [map: 27.0 x 20.0 overall].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted.: Most buildings indicated by number only.

Water transport infrastructure:

piers: Pictorial.

Sanitary and utility information:

fire stations

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively, (pictorial): Parish church is pictorial.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police, internal revenue

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Recreation and sports venues:

bathing: [Bathing Machines].

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BL PP.2508.oea [1880, 1883, 1887].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls, museums, misc: Turkish Baths.

Parkland:

public parks

Service and professional:

banks

Clubs and societies:

unspecified, misc: C.M.C. Association.

Relief:

prominent hills

Post and telegraphs:

electric telegraph office, post offices

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Ordnance Survey's

1883-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560