Surrey-Croydon-1838 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

08669

Map Date:

1838

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] IR 30/34/42, TNA [PRO] IR 77/72

Historic county:

Surrey

Town name:

Croydon

Map type:

Tithe

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ323655

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 3267

Scale:

1:2376

Map-maker:

W. Roberts, 68 Chancery Lane [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

fragmentary: [Only one street].

Building names:

shown

Buildings:

inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished, public buildings emphasised: Barracks and churches are hatched with grey infill; town hall and gaol are cross-hatched with grey infill.

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Canals:

shown

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] IR 77/72, Surrey RO 863/1/28-30, 863/1/65-66 [original]; TNA [PRO] IR 30/34/42 [transcript].

Railways:

routes, passenger stations

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground: [Spa Gardens].

Waterbodies:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1868

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1894-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560