Warwickshire-Coventry-1851
CBTM:
16741
Map Date:
1851
Repository reference:
Coventry City RO BH/MP/1/3/1-/26
Historic county:
Warwickshire
Town name:
Coventry
Map type:
Sanitary
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SP335790
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SP 3480
Comments on map:
Surveyed '1851': sheet 10 missing. Signed by Captain And. Beattie, R.E., 19 July 1851. Sheet 13 is portrait. The vegetation depiction in particular is of outstanding quality, and is unusually good even by the high standard of Ordnance Survey manuscript 1:528 plans.
Scale:
1:528
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
100 x 66 [x 26].
Number of parts:
26
Legends:
general legend: Index sheet has: PH, Public House; BrH, Brew House; BH, Beer House; WH, Wash House; SH, Summer House; CH, Coach House; CoH, Cow House; St, Stable; GP, Gas Plug; FP, Fire Plug; WP, Water Plug; LP, Lamp Post; SG, Sewer Grate; S, Sink; Cn, Cistern; W, Well; o + dot, privy; CB, Coal Bin, MB, Manure Bin; B, Boiler; T, Trough; BM, Bench Mark; Brick or Stone Houses (carmine); Wooden Houses (grey); Sheds (grey and black dashes); Stone Paving and Flagging (grey-blue); Brick Paving (orange); Macadam or Ballast (yellow); Conservatory Green House or Hot House (crosshatched black); Antiquities (gothic); Archways or Covered Passages (usual X); Bn, Barn; DB, Dust Bin; DP, Dung Pit; L, Lamp; Py, Piggery; CrH, Cart House; FW, RH, 4ft RH, 4ft SR, Def, Und; Parish and Ecclesiastical Boundaries (dashed); Ward Boundaries (three dashes, two dots); parish, ecclesiastical and ward names.
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme, land-use
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally, house numbers
Buildings:
masonry distinguished, archways, stables/coach houses, glazed areas, steps to buildings
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown, basins/docks, warehousing, other: Machine Office, Weighing Machines, Canal Boat Stop House.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, lamps, reservoirs, sanitary hazards, water works, misc: Well, Dung Pit, Manure Pit (shaded grey), Water Tank, Watering Trough, Fountain; abbreviations: WH, Py, CtH, St, P, privvies, SG, LP, BH, DB, P, S., CtH, BrH, CH, St, L (o on stalk), FP.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories: [Mapped in detail].
Defence and military:
barracks: In detail.
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, workhouses: Workhouse mapped in detail.
Education and academic:
schools
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds, misc: Skittle Alleys.
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
boundary markers, boundary mereings
Known copies of map:
Coventry City RO BH/MP/1/3/1-/26.
Industry:
bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, oil/soap etc, textiles, warehousing, timber, abbatoirs, uncertain, misc: Factory, Coal Yard, Wheelwrights' Workshop, Coach Manufactory.
Railways:
routes, earthworks, named, rails, misc: Viaduct, with arches and piers [station is outside 1:528 area].
Gardens:
shown, nurseries: Addition of 'Vegetable Gardens'.
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms: [Library and Savings Bank].
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Numerous monastic and ecclesiastical remains, city gates and walls.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes, trade and livery company halls: Mapped in detail.
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Weighing Machine, grey, primrose and orange surfacing.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
pig-keeping, pounds/pinfolds: [Pinfold].
Cemeteries:
shown
Geodetic notes:
'The marginal lines are perpendiculars and parallels to the Meridian of St Peters Church'.
Garden and park buildings:
aviaries, sundials, summer houses, misc: Hot Bed.
Business & commercial:
misc: Veterinary Infirmary.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown: One has skittle shed and trap door.
Other land-uses & land-cover:
marsh/wetland
Stated measuerments:
bench marks, basement levels, spot heights: Bench marks to 0.01 ft, spot heights and basement levels to 0.1 ft [basement levels omitted for some outlying houses], Level of stream bed in Decr 1850. Altitudes above MSL, datum not specified.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1888-9
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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