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Worcestershire-Worcester-1822

CBTM:
18862
Map Date:
9.4.1822
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] T72/11 [II]
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:
'A plan of the city and environs of Worcester, containing four square miles, of which the church of Saint Nicholas is made the central point.'
Comments on map:
A highly-finished map. Arms to left, areas of parishes to right of title, which is bottom centre, flanked by references. Fields outside built-up part numbered, but no hint of a reference. Some shown with 'furrows', suggesting the 'white' ones are permanent pasture. The TNA [PRO] T72/11 copy has had some revision added neatly in red.
Scale:
1:6336
Map-maker:
Samuel Mainley, Worcester [sv, pb], Neele & Son 352 Strand [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
53.0 x 63.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
Buildings, boundaries, R, land-use, other: City & parish boundaries, footpaths, 'principal inns', 'gardens & yards': at end of reference.
Building names:
clergy residences, generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown, basins/docks
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: With cloisters and other cathedral appendages.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
town gates, town walls, misc.: Depot. Gates (including Frog Gate) and walls as sites: also Castle Hill.
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses, sports grounds
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, township, tithing, misc: City boundary.
Known copies of map:
Worcestershire RO BA 10776/1 x.899:1028, TNA [PRO] T72/11 [II] [1822]; Worcestershire RO BA 10776/2 x.899:1028, BA 3352/21 (ii) r.705:271 [1838 originals], Worcestershire RO BA 3361 989.9:266 [neg photo, 1962].
Industry:
furniture/pottery: [3 x China Works].
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Monastic sites.
Waterbodies:
shown
Relief:
prominent hills
Borders:
distance-graduated type, keyboard type: Close-up piano-keys, with scale graduations immediately outside neatline [links, furlongs, miles on all sides].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Geodetic notes:
On right of title is note of latitude & longitude and circumference.
Miscellaneous street furniture:
One Mile distances along main roads out of city.
Ordnance Survey's
1886
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1886
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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