Worcestershire-Dudley-1860 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20917

Map Date:

? 1860

Repository reference:

Dudley Archives 2311 C

Historic county:

Worcestershire

Town name:

Dudley

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO948905

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SO 9389

Comments on map:

North and east sides of town only: buildings mostly mapped as frontages only (cf Roper, 1857, Exeter 20913), and only shown in detail in Gawney Hill area. Dated c.1860 by Dudley Archives.

Scale:

1:2640

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

114.0 x 92.0

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, roads, water, transport., uncertain: Railway platforms and rails sienna; blue tinting mysterious.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Dudley Archives 2311C.

Industry:

engineering, food/drink

Railways:

routes, goods depots, platforms, rails, passenger stations

Antiquities:

Priory ruins, Castle.

Waterbodies:

shown

Map material:

tracing linen

Tenement boundaries group:

less built-up parts only

Ordnance Survey's

1883

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560