Staffordshire-Bilston-1892 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20791

Map Date:

? 1892

Repository reference:

Wolverhampton Archives DX/472

Historic county:

Staffordshire

Town name:

Bilston

Map type:

drink

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO950965

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SJ 9800

Map title:

'Plan of Bilston, shewing number of licensed houses, &c.'

Comments on map:

Undated, but post-1891: letterpress at top of map gives comparative statistics and lists the pubs. Base-map is fairly obvious derivative of Ordnance Survey 1:2500.

Scale:

1:2500

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

70 x 52

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

licensed premises, other: Places of worship.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

police

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

Wolverhampton Archives DX/472.

Industry:

lime/cement, misc: Bedstead Works; [Cement Works].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls

Extractive activity:

coal, quarries/pits

Residual industrial land-use and waste:

relict industry: Disused furnaces.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown: [Licensed premises, beer houses, licensed grocers].

Ordnance Survey's

1884-5

1:2500

1:10,560