Worcestershire-Worcester-1828 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20905

Map Date:

1828

Repository reference:

Worcestershire RO BA 4120/44 s.705:477

Historic county:

Worcestershire

Town name:

Worcester

Map type:

uncertain

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 St Nicholas is made the central point. by Samuel Mainley Surveyor the alterations and additions by C.H. Crisp Survr. 1828.'

Comments on map:

This can be interpreted as either an enlargement or else the parent survey for the published map of 1822 [Exeter 18862], which it follows closely in the disposition of the marginalia, though without the graduated keyboard border. Map is lost on right/east. Unbuilt-on fields numbered: no reference available.

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

Samuel Mainley, Surveyor [sv], C.H. Crisp [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

104 x 132 [overall: map 102 x 102].

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

Buildings, boundaries, land-use, R: Principal inns, gardens & yards, footpaths.

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use: Arable and grass, etc.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences: Deanery and prebendal houses.

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown, basins/docks

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively, misc: Cathedral with cloisters, etc.

Penal:

jails/reformatories, misc: Site of old gaol.

Defence and military:

misc.: Depot.

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses: [Indicated by shape].

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish

Known copies of map:

Worcestershire RO BA 4120/144 s.705:477.

Industry:

furniture/pottery

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Antiquities:

Monastic sites and remains.

Landowners and occupiers:

industrial owners: [Named china manufactories].

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

prominent hills

Borders:

decorative

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Tenement boundaries group:

less built-up parts only

Ordnance Survey's

1886

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560