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Staffordshire-Burton upon Trent-1857

CBTM:
20458
Map Date:
1857
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/17
Historic county:
Staffordshire
Town name:
Burton upon Trent
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SK247230
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SK 2323
Map title:
'Map of the limits of the town of Burton upon Trent Act 1853 comprising the town and borough of Burton upon Trent a portion of the township of Burton Extra and a portion of the township of Horninglow... 1857. By Thomas Spooner, Land Surveyor, Burton upon Trent.'
Comments on map:
The TNA [PRO] copy has had railway and brewery company lines added in manuscript in 1863, each coloured a distinctive colour.
Scale:
1:3168
Map-maker:
Thomas Spooner, Land Surveyor, Burton upon Trent [sv].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
145 x 95
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries: Wards.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
shown
Mills:
windmills, watermills
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs: Including Old Gas Works.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Anglican black with reversed-out crosses, others as ordinary buildings.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds: Pavilion on Cricket Ground.
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, township, Ward: [Three wards, with different boundary conventions for each].
Known copies of map:
CUL Maps.a.18.G.8, Staffordshire RO D.3453/7/9, TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/17 [showing railways and private sidings in 1863].
Industry:
engineering, food/drink, textiles, timber, warehousing, misc: Cooperage, Cheese Warehouse, Store Rooms.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Miscellaneous:
Extensive use of sans-serif for naming smaller buildings.
Landowners and occupiers:
industrial owners: [Brewery owners].
Waterbodies:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [Between 'Act' and '1853' in title].
Ferries:
ferry
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1881-2
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1900
1:2500
1:10,560
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