Leicestershire-Leicester-1894 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21085

Map Date:

? 1894

Repository reference:

Leicestershire RO DE 975/3 [location: 28/62]

Historic county:

Leicestershire

Town name:

Leicester

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SK584044

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SK 5904

Map title:

'Oldershaw's Map of Leicester.'

Comments on map:

Dated c.1894 in Leicestershire RO cards: has M.S. & L. Railway in red. Was authorisation of the London Extension in 1894 the occasion for the map?

Scale:

1:14,400

Map-maker:

Oldershaw, 'The Cash Stationer', Granby St [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

45.5 x 57.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

Buildings: Churches, Schools.

Colouring:

transport., other: Red: Railway, and publisher.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, sewage disposal

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: By cross: not all named.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

magazines/arsenals

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, mental, workhouses, misc: Nurses Home.

Education and academic:

schools: ['S' in square].

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

bathing, sports grounds, recreation grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

Leicestershire RO DE 975/3 [location: 28/62].

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, museums

Parkland:

public parks

Antiquities:

Abbey ruins.

Waterbodies:

shown

Towers:

clock tower

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1884-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560