Staffordshire-Wolverhampton-1871 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20486

Map Date:

? 1871

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:

'Steen & Blacket's map of Wolverhampton.'

Comments on map:

Agricultural Show information may be overprinted. The rest of the map is a close derivative from Peel & Cobbett [Exeter 20485]. Noted by Wolverhampton Archives as for directory.

Scale:

1:7200

Map-maker:

Steen & Blacket, Wolverhampton [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

45.3 x 34.2

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Colouring:

other: Ochre to show Royal Agricultural Society's Show July 10 to 14 1871, and route thereto from the railway stations.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Blocks only.

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

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:

CUL Atlas.1.87.9, Wolverhampton Archives, Searchroom Map Cabinet [1871]; Wolverhampton Archives, Searchroom Map Cabinet [1884: John Steen & Co].

Industry:

uncertain: One works.

Railways:

routes, named, rails, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, misc: Show Room.

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary owners: [A few commercial premises].

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Ordnance Survey's

1884-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900-01

1:2500

1:10,560