Warwickshire-Rugby-1851
CBTM:
16739
Map Date:
1851
Repository reference:
Rugby Library, local studies section
Historic county:
Warwickshire
Town name:
Rugby
Map type:
Sanitary
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SP500755
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SP5380
Comments on map:
Surveyed '1850-1'; mostly signed by Capt. And. Beattie, R.E., 27 March 1851, but one sheet signed by Yolland on 29 March 1851.
Scale:
1:528
Map-maker:
Ordnance Survey [sv, dr].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
100 x 67 [x 17]
Number of parts:
17
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme, land-use
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally, house numbers
Buildings:
shown, bay windows, stables/coach houses, glazed areas, steps to buildings
Sanitary and utility information:
fire stations, gas works, sanitary hazards: Cistern, Trough, Pump; abbreviations: CoH, SG, WH, DB, S, Barn, St.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Penal:
stocks
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, workhouses, misc: Surgery; workhouse shown in detail.
Education and academic:
schools: Shown in detail.
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
ecclesiastical districts, hamlet, Parish
Known copies of map:
Rugby Library, local studies section.
Industry:
bricks/tiles, food/drink, smithing, timber
Railways:
routes, goods depots, earthworks, motive power depots, named, rails, passenger stations, misc: In considerable detail, including signal boxes and posts and functions of rooms in buildings.
River and foreshore features:
misc: Culvert.
Gardens:
shown: Including areas annotated 'Vegetable Gardens'.
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Ancient British Barrow, Ancient British Barrow, Part of the Moat of the Ancient Castle, Supposed Site of the Moat of the Castle.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
misc: Rugby Institute.
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Macadam, ballast and brick areas; gates across roads etc: long diagonals with open circle in middle.
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
cow-keeping, pig-keeping: [Pig Sties are numerous].
Cemeteries:
shown
Geodetic notes:
'The marginal lines are perpendiculars and parallels to the Meridian of Rugby Church'. Triangulation points [not in legend].
Stated measuerments:
bench marks, basement levels, spot heights: Bench marks to 0.01 ft, spot heights and basements to 0.1 ft.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1888
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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