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Worcestershire-Worcester-1835

CBTM:
23530
Map Date:
12.1835
Repository reference:
Post Office Archive POST 21/11
Historic county:
Worcestershire
Town name:
Worcester
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SO 851547
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
23530
Map title:
'A map of the City and Suburbs of Worcester, shewing the Boundary of the Elective Franchise, with the Municipal Wards. Decr 1835.'
Comments on map:
Not very refined: of more interest as evidently a local cash-in. Numbered reference does not appear to tie up with map, unless the numbers in-situ are very discreet.
Scale:
1:12,672
Map-maker:
J. Clements Lithog. Worcester.
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
23.1/23.4 x 29.1/29.4
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
buildings
Road names:
partly
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
basins/docks, tunnel
Water transport infrastructure:
quays
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only: outlying, plus unnamed cathedral
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative: County Court.
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: Block House.
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries
Education and academic:
misc: An outlying School only.
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
misc, race courses: Unnamed racecourse with Grand Stand.
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
misc: Old City Boundary, Elective Boundary, Boundary of Wards.
Known copies of map:
Post Office Archive POST 21/11
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