Worcestershire-Worcester-1799 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23158

Map Date:

[1799]

Repository reference:

BL 10368.bb.10

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 of Worcester.'

Comments on map:

F.p. 36 of [J. Price: see p.[iii]], The Worcester guide, Worcester: Smart, London: Scatchard, 1799: reference in letterpress on p.36: no other text on map.

Scale:

1:12,000*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

7.2 x 11.8

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown, basins/docks: [Canal is still 'intended'].

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BL 10368.bb.10, BOL Gough Worcester 7.

Industry:

furniture/pottery

Gardens:

shown: [Patchy].

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms

Antiquities:

Castle Hill, Edgar's Tower, Commandery.

Ferries:

ferry

Ordnance Survey's

1886

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560