Staffordshire-Wolverhampton-1836 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20481

Map Date:

? 1836

Repository reference:

Wolverhampton Archives, Searchroom Map Cabinet

Historic county:

Staffordshire

Town name:

Bilston, Wolverhampton

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO 915895

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SJ 9201

Map title:

'Map of the borough of Wolverhampton in the county of Stafford'.

Comments on map:

Insets of Bilston and Wolverhampton, both apparently 1:9504 though scales are differently graduated, on 1:31,680 map of borough. Only author information visible is 'Dewhirst delt.', bottom right: the copy seen is very dirty, and something could be obscured. The main map presumably derives from the 'Dawson' boundary mapping; the two insets are problematic, though Wolverhampton is far too detailed to be derived from Wallis [Exeter 20480]: building morphology is quite detailed. Wolverhampton Archives dates it '1836', which is plausible (Grand Junction Railway appears: opened 1837). Only churches identified in Bilston.

Scale:

1:9504

Map-maker:

Dewhirst [author].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

60.7 x 46.7 [overall: Wolverhampton 22.7 x 22.5, Bilston 17.7 x 13.0].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Canals:

shown

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

dispensaries

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

Wolverhampton Archives L.912, Open Access Map Cabinet.

Industry:

lime/cement, uncertain: Manufactories.

Railways:

routes

Leisure and entertainment:

libraries/newsrooms

Landowners and occupiers:

industrial owners

Clubs and societies:

mechanics institutes

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Ordnance Survey's

1884-5

1:2500

1:10,560

1884-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900-01

1:2500

1:10,560