Wiltshire-Warminster-1887 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

16111

Map Date:

1887

Repository reference:

Wiltshire RO G16/1/46L

Historic county:

Wiltshire

Town name:

Warminster

Map type:

Sanitary

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

ST873451

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 8945

Comments on map:

Signed by Cruse, bottom right of title. Houses numbered as per schedule of Local Board in 1876, as explained in note below title. Some later additions, notably the road running roughly west-east north of the workhouse/hospital (ST 868447), which has semi-detached houses, so this continued in use into the 1920s, if not later.

Scale:

1:792

Map-maker:

T. Cruse [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

295 x 183

Number of parts:

3

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, utilities, other: Pavements grey [colours rather faded].

Road names:

generally: Including named yards.

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

shown, steps to buildings

Sanitary and utility information:

drains, gas works, sewers, water works, misc: House drains pecked red; Flushing Tank, Flushing Hatch, numbered lampposts (as explained in note). Gas mains sienna or grey, sewers red, water mains blue, old highway drains sienna/brown.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

Wiltshire RO G16/1/46L.

Industry:

engineering, food/drink, textiles, misc: M.H. [several: probably malt houses].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

River and foreshore features:

springs

Gardens:

shown, nurseries

Monuments:

obelisks

Miscellaneous street furniture:

Milemark, Direction Post [with cross].

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1885-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560