Staffordshire-Stafford-1892 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19029

Map Date:

[1892]

Repository reference:

RGS Library

Historic county:

Staffordshire

Town name:

Stafford

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SJ921232

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SJ 9122

Comments on map:

In Handbook for travellers in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Staffordshire, London: Murray, 3rd edition, 1892, f.p.148. In the style of other maps by this firm, i.e. a little Caslon, a lot of sans-serif, and possibly cerographic.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

Walker & Boutall [eng].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

8.9 x 11.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries, mental

Education and academic:

schools

Known copies of map:

BL 2364.a.8, RGS, Wolverhampton Archives [open access] [1892, Handbook for travellers in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Staffordshire, London: Murray, 3rd edition, 1892, f.p.148].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Ordnance Survey's

1878-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900

1:2500

1:10,560