Berkshire-Reading-1885 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22514

Map Date:

? 1885

Repository reference:

Reading Central Library Local Studies map R/CV

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:

'Street map of the borough of Reading.'

Comments on map:

Inside front cover of Turner's penny guide to Reading, Reading: Turner, n.d.: Eugene Burden says 1885. Very basic: roads and not-very-legible text.

Scale:

1:21,120

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

16.0 x 10.3

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

transport: Tram route.

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted.

Sanitary and utility information:

sewage disposal

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

bathing

Known copies of map:

Reading Library R/CV.

Industry:

engineering, food/drink

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls

Parkland:

public parks

Antiquities:

Abbey ruins.

Landowners and occupiers:

industrial owners: [Suttons].

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Street tramways:

routes shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Other land-uses & land-cover:

misc: Agricultural showground.

Ordnance Survey's

1875-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1898

1:2500

1:10,560