Staffordshire-Wolverhampton-1871
CBTM:
20487
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:
'Map of the borough of Wolverhampton, 1871.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from photocopy. Evidently prepared specially rather than overprinted. Hatched frontages only.
Scale:
1:9504
Map-maker:
Aston, Sollom & Barnett, Surveyors, Wolverhampton [authors], Barford & Newitt, Lith, Wolverhampton [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
46.0 x 34.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
colours
Colouring:
other: Red, to show Royal Agricultural Society's Show July 10 to 14 1871, and route thereto from the railway stations.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses: With Grand Stand.
Known copies of map:
Wolverhampton Archives, Searchroom Map Cabinet.
Industry:
engineering, metallurgical processing, uncertain, misc: Works, Japan Works.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top right: 1:63,360 'Key plan showing district round Wolverhampton including the Steam Cultivation Trials Land'.
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
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