Staffordshire-Walsall-1875 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19799

Map Date:

10.1875

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 47.e.8

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 borough of Walsall in the County of Stafford.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from 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: map 10, from original in private ownership: unclear if scale reduced, but here does definitely seem to be 1:25,000 rather than 1:25,344, or 1:24,000.

Scale:

1:25,000

Map-maker:

W.J. Boys, Borough Surveyor [author].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

38 x 49

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses

Known copies of map:

Walsall Archives M.133, BLML Maps.47.e.8 [no.10 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:

metallurgical processing

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Waterbodies:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1883-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560