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Worcestershire-Stourbridge-1781

CBTM:
20898
Map Date:
1781
Repository reference:
Worcestershire RO BA 3762/149(i)
Historic county:
Worcestershire
Town name:
Stourbridge
Map type:
uncertain
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SO901844
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SO 9389
Map title:
'Plan of Stourbridge 1781.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from photocopy.
Scale:
1:3168*
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
23.0 x 29.5
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
water
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
wharfs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
Worcestershire RO BA 3762/149(i) 899:31.
Industry:
textiles
Gardens:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
symbolic/non-realistic: Surmounted by beehive.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top left: the church.
Symbolic elements:
Beehive: surmounts cartouche.
Ordnance Survey's
1884
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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