Worcestershire-Dudley-1839
CBTM:
20916
Map Date:
[1839]
Repository reference:
Dudley Archives 1860 D
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:
'A new plan of Dudley, Dudley Castle, and the Castle Hill; surveyed for Bentley's History, Directory, &c of Worcestershire.'
Comments on map:
Note on right that Castle Hill is extra-parochial and in Staffordshire.
Scale:
1:9504
Map-maker:
J. & C. Walker [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
24.0 x 26.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown, tunnel
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
Dudley Archives 1860D, 1861D [1839]; CUL 8600.d.27 [1841].
Industry:
lime/cement, uncertain: Works.
Leisure and entertainment:
libraries/newsrooms
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Priory ruins, Castle.
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top right: View of the Keep, from the Castle Court.
Extractive activity:
coal: Small scattered circles interpreted thus.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
pounds/pinfolds
Cemeteries:
shown
Miscellaneous physical features:
Caverns below castle: identified by letter.
Tenement boundaries group:
less built-up parts only
Ordnance Survey's
1883
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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