Staffordshire-Walsall-1876 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19675

Map Date:

1876

Repository reference:

[Private collection]

Historic county:

Staffordshire

Town name:

Walsall

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SP014988

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SK 9800

Map title:

'Robinson's map of Walsall published with the Walsall Red Book, 1876.'

Comments on map:

On fairly heavy paper (about 130 gsm or more), not very suited for folding in a book.

Scale:

1:4752

Map-maker:

Robinson [pb], B. Alexander, 33 Castle St, Holborn, London E.C. [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

51.2 X 70.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Some minor streets evidently omitted as well.

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses

Public/administrative boundaries:

ecclesiastical districts, Parish, Ward: [Wards red, church districts blue].

Known copies of map:

Walsall Archives M.3 (another at M.183).

Railways:

routes, goods depots, motive power depots, named, passenger stations: 'Goods', 'Engine', 'Grain', 'Running', 'Passenger' shaded and named.

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

public parks

Waterbodies:

shown

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Cemeteries:

shown

Retail activity:

publisher of map: [Robinson's Steam Printing Works].

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Ordnance Survey's

1883-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560