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Staffordshire-Bilston-1832

CBTM:
20792
Map Date:
1832
Repository reference:
Wolverhampton Archives D/NAJ/E/4/2
Historic county:
Staffordshire
Town name:
Bilston
Map type:
Health Hazard
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SO950965
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SJ 9800
Map title:
'Map of the town of Bilston.'
Comments on map:
Evidently designed to accompany a pamphlet on the cholera; pages 1 and 2 of letterpress 'Narrative' attached.
Scale:
1:7128
Map-maker:
Richd Timmis, Surveyor [author].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
64.7 x 38.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
clergy residences
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish
Known copies of map:
Wolverhampton Archives D/NAJ/E/4/2.
Industry:
food/drink, metallurgical processing, textiles, uncertain: [Furnaces]; mostly 'works' with owner's name.
Waterbodies:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1884-5
1:2500
1:10,560
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