Worcestershire-Kidderminster-1859 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20900

Map Date:

1859

Repository reference:

Worcestershire RO BA 7354 r899:310

Historic county:

Worcestershire

Town name:

Kidderminster

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO830765

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SO 8175

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Kidderminster 1859.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from facsimile by Kidderminster Library, 1973. Similar to the 1868 polling districts map [Exeter 20890].

Scale:

1:7128

Map-maker:

Jno. Broadfield, Surveyor, Kidderminster [author], B. Moody, Litho & General Printer, 12 Cannon St, Birmingham [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

53.0 x 41.3

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

altitude information

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Ribbony.

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown, wharf

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, infirmaries, workhouses: Including Old Workhouse.

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Ward

Known copies of map:

Kidderminster Library local studies, Worcestershire RO BA 7354 r899:310 [1973: Kidderminster Library]; Kidderminster Library local studies [reduced-scale copy]; Worcestershire RO [open access: reduced photo in Ken Tomkinson and George Hall, Kidderminster since 1800, Kidderminster: the authors, 1975].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, paper/print, uncertain: Factories, Mills.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa

Waterbodies:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Cemeteries:

shown

Miscellaneous street furniture:

Mile Stone.

Stated measuerments:

spot heights: Stated to be above sea-level.

Ordnance Survey's

1884

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560