Staffordshire-Walsall-1824
CBTM:
19797
Map Date:
1824
Repository reference:
Walsall Local History Centre 143/25
Historic county:
Staffordshire
Town name:
Walsall
Map type:
uncertain
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SP014988
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SJ 9800
Map title:
'Plan of the town of Walsall in the county of Stafford. 1824.'
Comments on map:
This closely resembles the 1832 map [Exeter 20820], but is in a much better state of preservation.
Scale:
1:1584
Map-maker:
Thomas Mason [author].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
102.7 x 73.0 [but cropped flap at top].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Colouring:
Buildings, water, boundaries: Buildings within borough grey, without are carmine.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
clergy residences
Buildings:
shown
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough
Known copies of map:
Walsall Archives 143/25 [original]; Staffordshire RO D3151/2 [photo]; BLML Maps.47.e.8 [no. 5 in K.J. Dean & P. Liddle, The urban growth of Walsall (1763-1966), a collection of historical maps with commentaries, Walsall Libraries and Art Gallery Committee, 1967].
Industry:
rope walk, textiles, timber: [Tan yards].
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown incompletely: [Some indications of larger owners].
Waterbodies:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1883-4
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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