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Worcestershire-Worcester-1799

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
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