Warwickshire-Warwick-1851 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

17007

Map Date:

1851

Repository reference:

Warwickshire Record Office CR 1618/unnumbered

Historic county:

Warwickshire

Town name:

Warwick

Map type:

Sanitary

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SP282649

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SP 3169

Comments on map:

1:10,560 skeleton index diagram with multi-colour parish boundaries, three 1:2640 (plus inset on Sheet 3 of continuation southwards) [1/2 3/-], 17 1:528 [1/-/2/3/4/5 6/7/8/9/10 11/12/13 14/15/16 17]. Signed And. Beattie, Captain R.E., 1st Novr 1851. On main map: Surveyed in 1851. In July 1995 was still in original leather binding.

Scale:

1:528

Map-maker:

Ordnance Survey [sv, dr].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

97 x 69

Number of parts:

21

Legends:

general legend: Reference on index sheet: 'List of Abbreviations Initial Letters and Symbols used on Plan': Bn, Barn; SH, Summer House; BrH, Brew House; BH, Brew House; CH, Coach House; CoH, Cow House; WH, Wash House; St, Stable; SG, Sewer Grate; FP, Fire Plug; WP, Water Plug; LP, Lamp Post; L, Lamp; o, Privy; Py, Piggery; DB, Dust Bin; P, Pump; GP, Gas Plug; S, Sink; ClB, Coal Bin; W, Well; T, Trough; B, Boiler; Cn, Cistern; DP, Dung Pit; Trigonometrical Station; BM, Bench Mark; Brick or Stone Houses (carmine); Archways or Covered Passages (X); Wooden Houses (dark grey); Sheds (ditto with black dashes); Stone Paving or Flagging (lilac grey); Brick Paving (light orange-sienna); Conservatory Green House or Hot House; Antiquities; Parish Names; Township Names; Ecclesiastical District Names (open sans-serif); Parish and Ecclesiastical Boundaries ----; Township Boundaries ....; CR, Centre of Road or River; FW, Face of Wall; CW, Centre of Wall; RH, Root of Hedge; CS, Centre of Stream; FP, Face of Paling; Und, Undefined; Def, Defaced; CF, Centre of Fence. 'Note. The Boundaries are inserted upon the authority of the Meresmen appointed by the Local Board of Health.'

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use, decorative: Brick fields on 1:2640 are stripes of golden-sienna.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

masonry distinguished, archways, stables/coach houses, glazed areas, steps to buildings, walls: Sheds :dashes on grey.

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown, basins/docks, warehousing, wharf, other: Earthworks shown; Tram Way on wharf.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, lamps, water works, misc: Pump Ho [numerous], Well, Draw Well, privies; abbreviations: Py, WH, DB, CoH, CS, CH, ClH, CS, BkH, St, P, S, LP, SGs, SH, DP, PT, BrH, SH, L.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, internal revenue

Penal:

jails/reformatories: [Mapped in exhaustive detail, including Lobby to place of Execution].

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates

Welfare and charitable:

dispensaries

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses, sports grounds, misc: With Grand Stand, Urinal, indication of posts in fence at race course; numerous Skittle Alleys.

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

ecclesiastical districts, Parish

Known copies of map:

Warwickshire RO CR 1618/unnumbered [1:528]; Warwickshire RO CR 1886/M.510 [transcript of 1:2640 sheet 1 only; adds Great Western Railway], Warwickshire RO CR 1886/M.178 [St Nicholas], Warwickshire RO CR 1886/M.310 [transcript of sheet 3]; BOL C17:70 Warwick a.1, CUL Atlas.1.97.23 [1978: The town maps of Warwick 1610-1851, pb Warwick County Museum Service, 1978].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, engineering, food/drink, smithing, stone/builders' yards, lime/cement, oil/soap etc, paper/print, rope walk, textiles, timber, abbatoirs, uncertain, misc: Named mills, Pipe Manufactory, Statuary Yard, Soda Water Manufactory.

River and foreshore features:

sluices: [Flood Gate, Old Flood Gate].

Gardens:

shown, nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

museums

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks, insurance offices, newspaper offices

Antiquities:

Various almshouses, Castle, former churches.

Waterbodies:

shown, fish ponds

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Commons:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Monuments:

statues

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Lilac-grey, orange and primrose road surfacing [primrose is omitted from Reference], thin grey lines for kerbs.

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

cow-keeping, dairies, pig-keeping

Geodetic notes:

'The marginal lines are perpendiculars and parallels to the meridian of St Mary's Church'. Triangulation points.

Garden and park buildings:

aviaries, ice houses, misc: Deer Sheds; all for Warwick Castle.

Business & commercial:

misc: Veterinary Infirmary.

Other land-uses & land-cover:

marsh/wetland

Stated measuerments:

bench marks, basement levels, spot heights, other: Spot-heights and basement levels to 0.1 ft, bench marks to 0.01 ft; Surface of Water [canal] 24:10:51, River Avon level on 10:3:51, Common Brook level on 24:10:51. Altitudes above approximate mean level of sea, '54.7'.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1887

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560