Staffordshire-Wolverhampton-1899 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20514

Map Date:

1899

Repository reference:

Wolverhampton Archives, Searchroom Map Cabinet

Historic county:

Staffordshire

Town name:

Wolverhampton

Map type:

advertising

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO915985

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SJ 9201

Map title:

[Cover:] 'Index Map of Wolverhampton'; [Map:] 'Map of Wolverhampton 1899.'

Comments on map:

Advertising map; letterpress index to streets and advertisers.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

Walsall Lithographic Co., Mountrath St [lith], County Publishing Co., Advertising Contractors, Arcade Balcony, Bradford St, Walsall [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

48.2 x 74.0 [overall: map 33.0 x 58.5].

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

advertising

Road names:

partly: No road names in Tettenhall.

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Various buildings shown, but few are described.

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

pumping stations, reservoirs, water works, misc: Gas Works apparent from plan, but not described.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Education and academic:

schools: [Grammar School].

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

Wolverhampton Archives, Searchroom Map Cabinet.

Industry:

engineering, food/drink, uncertain, misc: Works, Steam Laundry.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Parkland:

public parks

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Round map: 24 advertisers, mostly industrial rather than retail: include Walter Careless, manufacturer of Blacksmiths' Bellows, etc.

Reference system:

squaring: 1-inch.

Cemeteries:

shown

Retail activity:

advertisers on map

Ordnance Survey's

1884-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900-01

1:2500

1:10,560