Worcestershire-Dudley-1883
CBTM:
17006
Map Date:
? 1883
Repository reference:
Dudley Archives G/DU 5/2
Historic county:
Worcestershire
Town name:
Dudley
Map type:
Rating
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SO950880
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SO 9592
Comments on map:
Urban part (100 sheets) at 1:528, rural part (11 sheets) at 1:2640. Surveyors named on cover by not on maps proper. Similar to Exeter 17005, etc, with index with roads in blue, railways in red, and Dudley town district with pink band.
Scale:
1:528
Map-maker:
Hedley, Mason & Hedley, Surveyors & Valuers, Birmingham [authors].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
76 x 52 [x 112].
Number of parts:
112
Colouring:
Buildings, water
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally, house numbers
Buildings:
shown, archways, steps to buildings
Canals:
shown, basins/docks, wharf
Sanitary and utility information:
pumping stations, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Education and academic:
schools
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
Dudley Archives G/DU 5/2.
Industry:
bricks/tiles, engineering, food/drink, lime/cement, timber: Extensive metalworking; some works by name, e.g. Woodall & Co. Premier Works (sheet 9).
Railways:
routes, named, rails, passenger stations, misc: Incline, Incline Engine; rails not always shown.
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
Waterbodies:
shown
Extractive activity:
coal, quarries/pits
Map material:
tracing linen
Cemeteries:
shown
Residual industrial land-use and waste:
ballast hills
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1883
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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