Wiltshire-Salisbury-1884 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21396

Map Date:

8.1884

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 5730 (6)

Historic county:

Wiltshire

Town name:

Salisbury

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SU144298

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 1433

Map title:

'Plan of the City of Salisbury, giving all places of interest and note'.

Comments on map:

Sewers suggest derivation from the 1860 map [Exeter 21395].

Scale:

1:5400

Map-maker:

J.C. Bothams & Sons, Surveyors, Salisbury [authors], Frank Highman, Engraver, Litho Artist & Steam Printer, Nil Time Works, Salisbury [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

41.5 x 55.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, sewers, water works, sewage disposal: [Main sewers only].

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police, internal revenue

Defence and military:

drill halls

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries, mental, misc: Instn trained Nurses, St Elizabeth Home.

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

cross, fairgrounds, markets: [Poultry Cross, Cricket & Sheep Fair Ground].

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds: [Cricket & Sheep Fair Ground].

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 5730(6), BOL C17:70 Salisbury (3), CUL Maps.91.88.5 [1884]; Wiltshire RO G.23/701/2 PC ['1886, 1904'].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, museums

Service and professional:

banks

Clubs and societies:

Conservative, Liberal, misc: Joiners Hall.

Borders:

decorative: In each corner is a fly in a spider's web.

Monuments:

Monuments: [Herbert Monument].

Post and telegraphs:

letter-boxes, post offices: [Pillar Boxes: large dot].

Ordnance Survey's

1878

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900

1:2500

1:10,560