Staffordshire-Wolverhampton-1847 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20483

Map Date:

? 1847

Repository reference:

Wolverhampton Archives, Searchroom Map Cabinet

Historic county:

Staffordshire

Town name:

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:

'Plan of the township of Wolverhampton showing the several wards as laid down in the Charter of Incorpation.'

Comments on map:

Dated 1850 by Wolverhampton Archives, but omits the railway into the town opened in 1849. May derive from the tithe map [Exeter 20482]. No rural fences.

Scale:

1:9504*

Map-maker:

Birdgen, Wolverhampton, Lithographer [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

65 x 47

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills

Canals:

shown

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

police

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

township, Ward

Known copies of map:

Wolverhampton Archives, Searchroom Map Cabinet.

Industry:

metallurgical processing, uncertain: As with tithe map, most is only suggested by building shape.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations: Fences only.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1884-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900-01

1:2500

1:10,560