Worcestershire-Worcester-1808 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18487

Map Date:

1.2.1808

Repository reference:

RGS 7.E.7

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:

'Worcester'.

Comments on map:

For The Beauties of England and Wales and the The British Atlas comprising a complete set of county maps, of England and Wales with a general map of navigable rivers and canals; and plans of cities and principal towns, London: Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, Longman, Faden, etc, 1810.

Scale:

1:10,560*

Map-maker:

J. Roper [dr], G. Cole [eng], E.W. Brayley [dir].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

18.8 x 24.1

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town walls, misc.: Commandery, Fort Royal; site of Battle of Worcester in 1651.

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses: Numerous hospitals.

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover, orchards

Public/administrative boundaries:

misc: City.

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 11.b.3, BOL C17 c.5, Montagu Illustr.41, RGS 7.E.7 [originals]; BOL C17 d.31 [1970: Brian Stevens]; BOL G1/C16.6 [1992: in Ashley Baynton-Williams, Town and city maps of the British Isles 1800-1855, London: Studio Editions, 1992].

Industry:

food/drink, misc: 'Brewery and Distillery'.

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc

Antiquities:

Monastic sites.

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top left: vignette of Worcester cathedral, etc, from south-west.

Arms and heraldry:

ecclesiastical, municipal

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1886

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560