Worcestershire-Dudley-1835 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18325

Map Date:

? 1835

Repository reference:

[Private collection]

Historic county:

Worcestershire

Town name:

Dudley

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO946903

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SO 9389

Map title:

'...plan of the town of Dudley & its environs...'

Comments on map:

Recorded from Dudley Archives reproduction.

Scale:

1:4752

Map-maker:

J. Treasure, Land Agent & Surveyor, Uttoxeter [sv], T. Smith, Exeter Row, Birmm [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

42.8 x 59.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills, watermills

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Education and academic:

schools

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Dudley Archives 1856D, 1858C [original]; BL 10293.r.17/16, BOL (E)C17:62(30), CUL S696.b.97.109, Atlas.1.97.13, Atlas 1.97.22, RGS Eng & Wales S.359 [book in library, 512.G] [1970: in V.L. Davies & H. Hyde, Dudley and the Black Country 1760-1860, Dudley: Public Library, 1970].

Industry:

glass, misc: Steam Mill.

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Antiquities:

Priory ruins.

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom left: Dudley Castle Keep.

Borders:

decorative

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Lodge.

Arms and heraldry:

dedicee of map: [North pointer decoration (horse's head and crown) interpreted thus].

Cemeteries:

shown

Dedicee of map:

Rt Hon Lord Ward.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1883

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560