Staffordshire-Wolverhampton-1852 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20518

Map Date:

? 1852

Repository reference:

Wolverhampton Archives, map 388

Historic county:

Staffordshire

Town name:

Wolverhampton

Map type:

Sanitary

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

SDO915985

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SJ 9201

Comments on map:

26 of at least 45 sheets: hence certain categories of information are either under-represented or absent (e.g. hospitals). Some later neat additions of buildings in blue.

Scale:

1:528*

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

85.5 x 57.5 [x ? 45: 33.75 x 22.65 ins].

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use, utilities: Gardens.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

masonry distinguished, archways, steps to buildings, walls: Sheds orange with dashes.

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, sewers, misc: Gas House, Gasometer, Retort, etc at Gas Works; Pumps, Wells; abbreviations: C.H., D.B., F.P., R.S., S.G., St., W.H.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses: With Grand Stand, Betting Ring, Refreshment Rooms, Booths.

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Wolverhampton Archives map 388, L.912 [anor set [?1871-3] at DX/673].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, smithing, oil/soap etc, textiles, timber, uncertain, misc: Works, Clay Retort Works, Workshop, Coach Factory, Lock Factory; Drug Warehouse, Laboritory [sic] at one works.

Railways:

routes, earthworks, named, platforms, turntables, rails, passenger stations, misc: Booking Office, Waiting Room, etc, Goods warehouse; piers at ground level for viaduct.

Gardens:

shown: With conventional evenly-spaced 'bushes'.

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks, newspaper offices

Waterbodies:

shown

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Weighing Machine, sidewalks.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Garden and park buildings:

greenhouses: [Green Houses: as ordinary buildings].

Miscellaneous religious group:

Nunnery.

Stated measuerments:

bench marks, basement levels, spot heights: Basement heights to 0.1 ft, in red.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1884-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900-01

1:2500

1:10,560