Staffordshire-Walsall-1880 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20869

Map Date:

? 1880

Repository reference:

Walsall Local History Centre m.6

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:

SJ 9800

Map title:

'Aulton's map of Walsall.'

Comments on map:

Part torn away, bottom left. Dated 1880 in Walsall Local History Centre cards. Folding suggests that it might have originated in a directory. Bottom right are two letterpress tables of approximate heights of various localities.

Scale:

1:7040

Map-maker:

A. Taylor, Lith., Walsall [lith], Aulton [? pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

38.0 x 44.7

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

roads, water, boundaries: Tinting by ruling: pretty good if it is 1880.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

drill halls

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses

Public/administrative boundaries:

Ward

Known copies of map:

Walsall Local History Centre M.6.

Industry:

engineering

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, libraries/newsrooms

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

working mens: [W.M.Inst.].

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top left: 'Map of the entire borough'; top right: 'Map of Bloxwich'.

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1883-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560