Worcestershire-Tewkesbury-1837 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20897

Map Date:

2.7.1837

Repository reference:

Worcestershire RO BA 5403/1-r.009:1

Historic county:

Worcestershire

Town name:

Tewkesbury

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO893326

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SO 8736

Map title:

'Map of the borough of Tewkesbury.'

Scale:

1:9504

Map-maker:

J. Dewhirst [dr], Dewhirst & Nicols, Land Surveyors, London [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

46.8 x 64.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish: [Old borough, borough by Act 26 Geo III, parliamentary boundary, municipal boundary].

Known copies of map:

Worcestershire RO BA 5403/1-r.009:1.

Railways:

routes, named: 'Tewkesbury Branch Railway'.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1882-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900-1

1:2500

1:10,560