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Staffordshire-Stoke on Trent-1848

CBTM:
20816
Map Date:
1848
Repository reference:
Staffordshire RO D.997/Maps/6
Historic county:
Staffordshire
Town name:
Stoke on Trent, Hanley, Longton
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SJ878453
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SJ 8847
Map title:
'...Map of the parish of Stoke upon Trent, in the country of Stafford, from an actual survey made in 1848, by Geo. Lynam, Surveyor, Stoke upon Trent.'
Comments on map:
Somewhat reminiscent of Hargreaves [Exeter 20807]: lack of urban building descriptions, but includes field boundaries and land use. Lithographic quality excellent.
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
Geo. Lynam, Surveyor, Stoke upon Trent [sv], Lith. Waterlow & Sons, London [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
91.5 x 64.0
Number of parts:
1
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
township
Known copies of map:
CUL Maps.18.G.56, Staffordshire RO D.997/Maps/6.
Industry:
lime/cement, metallurgical processing
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations, industrial tramways/waggonways
Gardens:
shown
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown
Commons:
shown
Extractive activity:
coal, quarries/pits
Ordnance Survey's
1865-6
1:500
1:2500
1874-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1856-7
1:500
1:2500
1874-7
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898
1:2500
1:10,560
1875-7
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898
1:2500
1:10,560
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