Staffordshire-Walsall-1832
CBTM:
20820
Map Date:
1832
Repository reference:
Walsall Local History Centre 143/27
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.'
Comments on map:
'Thomas Mason, Delr. his Private Property 1832.' Several areas now torn away: they can be seen complete on a reduced photo at Walsall Local History Centre, M.23. The map is very close to his 1824 map [Exeter 19797].
Scale:
1:1584
Map-maker:
Thomas Mason [dr].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
106.0 x 70.0/87.0 [flap].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Colouring:
Buildings, water, boundaries
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
shown
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Non-Anglican are just 'Meeting House'.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Recreation and sports venues:
misc: Grand Stand.
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough
Known copies of map:
Walsall Local History Centre 143/27 [original]; Walsall Local History Centre M.23 [photo before loss of some detail: dated 1822 in cards]; Staffordshire RO D3172 [photo].
Industry:
rope walk, textiles, timber
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown incompletely: [Away from most built-up part].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Map material:
tracing-paper
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1883-4
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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