Suffolk-Lowestoft-1842 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20619

Map Date:

? 1842

Repository reference:

Lowestoft Library: Archives [no pressmark]

Historic county:

Suffolk

Town name:

Lowestoft

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TM548933

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TM 4890

Map title:

'The town of Lowestoft.'

Comments on map:

Possibly extracted from a guidebook: cut down, so the printer's name is truncated. Too detailed to derive from Barnes, 1831 [Exeter 20618].

Scale:

1:3960

Map-maker:

[? Waterlow]

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

29.5 x 20.0 [? 32 x 20].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Some hatched buildings appear in south-east part, around cliff.

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Water transport infrastructure:

lighthouses, misc: Lifeboat House.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

coastguard

Welfare and charitable:

dispensaries, infirmaries

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

Lowestoft Library: Archives [no pressmark].

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa

Waterbodies:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1883

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560