Staffordshire-Walsall-1886
CBTM:
20870
Map Date:
1886
Repository reference:
Walsall Local History Centre M.10
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:
'Map of Walsall. Published with the Walsall Red Book, 1886.'
Comments on map:
Looks like straightforward transcript of Ordnance Survey, an impression heightened by the style of letterpress names. Completely different from the 1876 predecessor [Exeter 19675].
Scale:
1:10,560
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
18.7 x 26.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
fragmentary
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
drill halls
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Known copies of map:
BOL Dir.Staffs e3/1886, Walsall Local History Centre M.10 (another at M.183).
Industry:
bricks/tiles, engineering, food/drink, lime/cement, textiles
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
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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