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Worcestershire-Worcester-1841

CBTM:
23275
Map Date:
[1841]
Repository reference:
BL YC.1988.a.597
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 new plan of the city, borough and each ward of the borough of Worcester; surveyed for Bentley's History, Directory, &c. of Worcestershire.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from truncated copy on pp [48-9] of Gordon Hopkins, Joseph Bentley's History of Worcestershire written in 1840, Durham: author, 1985. Scale and dimensions from Cambridge UL cards.
Scale:
1:13,200*
Map-maker:
J. & C. Walker [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
24 x 27
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries, sanitation: Footpaths.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
quays
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses: [Grand Stand].
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Ward: [City of London].
Known copies of map:
[BL 010358.n.29: no map], CUL 8600.d.27 [1841]; BL YC.1988.a.597 [truncated copy on pp [48-9] of Gordon Hopkins, Joseph Bentley's History of Worcestershire written in 1840, Durham: author, 1985].
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Antiquities:
Edgar's Tower.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom: cathedral.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Miscellaneous street furniture:
Mile Posts.
Ordnance Survey's
1883
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1886
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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