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Worcestershire-Worcester-1828

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
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