Staffordshire-Bilston-1839 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20793

Map Date:

1839

Repository reference:

Wolverhampton Archives D/NAJ/E/4/2

Historic county:

Staffordshire

Town name:

Bilston

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO950965

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SJ 9800

Map title:

'Map of the township of Bilston in the county of Stafford. Surveyed by R. Timmis. 1839.'

Comments on map:

Fields etc numbered: accompanying letterpress Book of reference to the map of the township of Bilston. Surveyed by Mr Timmis, 1839, Bilston: Price, n.d., which gives occupiers and owners, but not industrial, etc, uses., and is in any case lacking for the built-up part. Map is engraved for Price: engraving is good quality. Not much text on map.

Scale:

1:4752

Map-maker:

R. Timmis [sv], George Price, Bilston [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

112.0 x 62.0 [overall: plate 114.7 x 64.5].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Canals:

shown

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

Staffordshire RO D.593/H/3/29W; Wolverhampton Archives BIL 102 (Map. Cab.C1), D/NAJ/E/4/2.

Waterbodies:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

less built-up parts only

Ordnance Survey's

1884-5

1:2500

1:10,560