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Wiltshire-Salisbury-1854

CBTM:
16113
Map Date:
1854
Repository reference:
Wiltshire RO G23/701/1 PC
Historic county:
Wiltshire
Town name:
Salisbury
Map type:
Sanitary
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SU155298
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SU 1433
Comments on map:
2 x 1:2640 + 24 x 1:528; no explanation of abbreviations, etc. London & South Western Railway through line to Exeter added later. Only some sheets have scales; they could be added later. Descriptions seem rather fewer than there might be: some industrial and commercial premises are clearly not identified. There is also a supplementary sheet, bound in but evidently not part of the original scheme.
Scale:
1:528
Map-maker:
Kingdon and Shearm, Engineering Surveyors, Launceston [sv].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
98 x 69 [x 26] [35.75 x 24.85 within neat lines].
Number of parts:
26
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme, land-use, utilities, other: Primrose and grey for road surfacing, etc.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished, archways, steps to buildings
Turnpikes:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, lamps, sewers, sanitary hazards, water works: Abbreviations: SG [sewer grates], privvies (o), LP [lampposts]; red and blue for sewers and water pipes.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, infirmaries, mental
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough
Known copies of map:
Wiltshire RO G23/701/1 PC.
Industry:
engineering, food/drink
Railways:
routes, turntables, rails, passenger stations
Gardens:
shown, nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Road earthworks.
Other land-uses & land-cover:
marsh/wetland
Stated measuerments:
basement levels, spot heights: Basement levels to 0.1ft; no bench marks or information on datum; spot heights scanty.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1878
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1900
1:2500
1:10,560
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