Staffordshire-Wolverhampton-1864 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20485

Map Date:

1864

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:

'Peel & Cobbett's map of the borough of Wolverhampton 1864.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from monochrome copy of coloured original.

Scale:

1:7920

Map-maker:

Peel & Cobbett, Lithrs, Wolverhampton [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

71.5 x 48.8

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries, other: Proposed streets.

Colouring:

Buildings, roads

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Very generalised.

Turnpikes:

shown

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:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses: With Distance Post, Winning Post, Grand Stand.

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, Ward

Known copies of map:

Wolverhampton Archives, Searchroom Map Cabinet.

Industry:

metallurgical processing, uncertain, misc: Works, Manure Works.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa

Waterbodies:

shown

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Proposed streets.

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1884-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900-01

1:2500

1:10,560