Staffordshire-Wolverhampton-1900 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20515

Map Date:

? 1900

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:

'Gelling & Brookfield's new map of Wolverhampton.'

Comments on map:

Advertising round map, but advertisers aren't indicated in situ. The whole of the back of the map is a letterpress description, in which a conventional description of history, churches, etc, is followed by a tour of the town in terms of which shops one passes. As an 'Advertorial' this would be hard to beat. Dated c.1900 by Wolverhampton Library. The scale and some of the lettering is very close to the Stephens & Mackintosh offering [Exeter 20516], and this may be a derivative therefrom.

Scale:

1:6600*

Map-maker:

Gelling & Brookfield, 80 Lord St, Liverpool [pr, ? pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

92.3 x 71.0 [overall: map 70.7 x 50.0 maximum].

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

general highlighting of district: Pink.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown, depots/yards

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds, recreation grounds

Known copies of map:

Wolverhampton Archives, Searchroom Map Cabinet.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, rails, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

public parks

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

Conservative

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Round map: 23 advertisers, including the publisher.

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Miscellaneous religious group:

Convent.

Ordnance Survey's

1884-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900-01

1:2500

1:10,560