Worcestershire-Worcester-1833 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19185

Map Date:

1.1.1833

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] T72/14

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:

'Map of the city and suburbs of Worcester shewing the boundary to which the elective franchise is extended according to the new act of Parliament and the several parishes comprised within the same. By Charles Crisp, Surveyor, Worcester 1832.'

Comments on map:

Reference includes tables of areas of city parishes, acreage to which franchise extends, circumference.

Scale:

1:4752

Map-maker:

Charles Crisp, Worcester [sv], Josiah Neele, 352 Strand, London [eng], Henry Deighton, Worcester [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

70.0 x 92.5 [upper plate 70.0 x 62.0; lower plate 70.0 x 31.0].

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

Buildings, boundaries, land-use: Building shadings (public & principal inns), gardens & yards.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

shown

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Cloisters, Chapter House, Audit Hall and other appendages of cathedral indicated.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, misc: Town Clerk's Office.

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

town gates, town walls, misc.: Depot; sites of gates.

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses, sports grounds: With Grand Stand.

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish, misc: City boundary.

Known copies of map:

Worcestershire RO B 862/1 899:67, BA 3901/2 x.899:357, TNA [PRO] T72/14.

Industry:

engineering, stone/builders' yards, furniture/pottery, misc: Pipe Manufactory.

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

prominent hills

Borders:

decorative

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Geodetic notes:

Note that city is in 52.11 N, 2.13 W.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only: ['Principal inns': shown by distinctive shading].

Ordnance Survey's

1886

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560