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Staffordshire-Wolverhampton-1855

CBTM:
20517
Map Date:
1855
Repository reference:
Wolverhampton Archives, map 367
Historic county:
Staffordshire
Town name:
Wolverhampton
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SDO915985
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SJ 9201
Map title:
'Plan of the township of Wolverhampton in the county of Stafford. Copied from the reduced Map of the survey for the Tithe Commissioners, with additions & alterations to the present date by D.J. Henry C.E. Borough Engineer. 1855.'
Comments on map:
No lithographer stated: town map as shaded frontages only, cf Exeter 20482.
Scale:
1:4752
Map-maker:
D.J. Henry C.E. Borough Engineer [author].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
125 x 90
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses: With Grand Stand, Distance Post, Winning Chair.
Known copies of map:
Wolverhampton Archives map 367.
Industry:
engineering
Railways:
routes, earthworks, goods depots, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1884-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1900-01
1:2500
1:10,560
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