Berkshire-Reading-1883 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22519

Map Date:

1883

Repository reference:

Reading Central Library Local Studies R/LB Acc.4070

Historic county:

Berkshire

Town name:

Reading

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SU714733

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 7172

Map title:

'Sketch map of Reading. 1883.'

Comments on map:

F.p. [14] of P.H. Ditchfield (ed), An ecclesiastical history of Reading, Reading: Blackwell, 1883. Little other than street names and churches.

Scale:

1:15,840*

Map-maker:

E.J. & F. Blackwell, Lith, Reading [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

25.0 x 18.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

transport: Tramways.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Education and academic:

schools: [Grammar School].

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

Reading Library R/LB-Acc.4070.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Cemeteries:

shown

Street tramways:

routes shown

Ordnance Survey's

1875-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1898

1:2500

1:10,560