Warwickshire-Warwick-1856 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20939

Map Date:

1856

Repository reference:

Warwickshire RO CR 1886/M.579

Historic county:

Warwickshire

Town name:

Warwick

Map type:

Utility

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

SP282649

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SP 3169

Map title:

'Warwick improvements. Drainage. General plan of pipeage.'

Comments on map:

Clerly derived from Ordnance Survey 1:2640, including treatment of southern section of area as an inset. Scale is graduated in feet.

Scale:

1:2640

Map-maker:

John Kendall [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

142.0 x 97.5

Number of parts:

2

Legends:

sanitation

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, utilities

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished: Inhabited buildings shown only patchily, on the fringes.

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, sewers, misc: Brick, stoneware and cast-iron pipes, Examination Wells, flow-arrows.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses

Known copies of map:

Warwickshire RO CR 1886/M.579.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Commons:

shown

Map material:

tracing-paper

Stated measuerments:

other: Sewer diameters.

Ordnance Survey's

1887

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560