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Worcestershire-Oldbury-1857

CBTM:
16732
Map Date:
1857
Repository reference:
Dudley Archives A2337
Historic county:
Worcestershire
Town name:
Oldbury
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SO990895
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SO 9585
Comments on map:
Oldbury and Langley. Bottom left is note of population in 1851, excess of births over deaths to 1856, number of dwelling hos, total acreage (1687:0:25), gross estimated rental, length of canals 95 miles 6 11/10 [sic] furlongs. Fields numbered; reference not to hand.
Scale:
1:3168
Map-maker:
John Jos. Bates, Handsworth [sv], T. Underwood Lithr. Birmm. [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
133 x 176
Number of parts:
2
Legends:
colours
Colouring:
roads, water, boundaries: Hand-coloured.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
shown
Turnpikes:
shown
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Woodland:
shown, landmark tree: [Three Shire Oak].
Public/administrative boundaries:
township, uncertain: Divisions of Oldbury.
Known copies of map:
Dudley Archives A.2337 [UFP, 27:6:03] [Exeter 16732]; Sandwell Archives [facsimile] [Exeter 20883].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, engineering, stone/builders' yards, metallurgical processing, uncertain: Mills.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Waterbodies:
shown
Extractive activity:
coal
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Cemeteries:
shown
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1885
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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