Newcastle-under-Lyme Board of Health Drainage Works Plans

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Date:1852 - 1853 (c.)

Description:These plans were drawn up by Lee and Stevenson, Civil Engineers from London in 1853.

They show the proposed new drainage for the Newcastle-under-Lyme area in accordance with the Public Health Act 1848.

They are tracings based on the Ordnance Survey maps which were drawn up under the supervision of Captain Andrew Beatty in 1851.


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1340s
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1590s
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1660s
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1680s
King James II Charter of Extended Rights, Newcastle-under-Lyme
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1830s
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1850s
Ordnance Survey, Public Health Act Map of Newcastle-under-Lyme – Sheet 5
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1870s
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1890s
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1910s
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1920s
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1950s
Mayor Choosing Ceremony for Edward Bond, Market Cross, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Mayor Choosing Ceremony for Edward Bond, Market Cross, Newcastle-under-Lyme

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1970s
Newcastle Market, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle Market, Newcastle-under-Lyme

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1990s
Guildhall and Market, Newcastle-under-Lyme
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Creators: Civil Engineers - Creator

Image courtesy of: Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council

Donor ref:Nm.2017.220.12 (R) (22/38144)

Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme

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