Worcestershire-Worcester-1782 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23300

Map Date:

[1782]

Repository reference:

BL HLL 942.44

Historic county:

Worcestershire

Town name:

Worcester

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO851547

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SO 8853

Map title:

'Plan of the city and suburbs of Worcester.'

Comments on map:

In Collections for the history of Worcestershire, II, London: Nichols, etc, 1782, f.p. cvi [sic].

Scale:

1:6000

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

34.3 x 24.0 [map: plate 35.7 x 25.5].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Ordinary buildings single-hatched, public etc buildings cross-hatched; stipple-infilled buildings are probably inns.

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, infirmaries: [The 'hospitals' all appear to be almshouses].

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover, orchards

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, misc: City, cathedral precincts.

Known copies of map:

BL HLL942.44, L.40/24, 199.i.21-23, G.7260-61, 457.f.2, BOL Gough Worcester 11.

Industry:

furniture/pottery

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Antiquities:

Site of Battle of Worcester, 1651, Castle Hill, Edgar's Tower, Site of the Old Bridge.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown: [Stipple-infilled buildings are probably inns].

Tenement boundaries group:

less built-up parts only

Ordnance Survey's

1886

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560