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Cambridgeshire-Cambridge-1830

CBTM:
18896
Map Date:
30.4.1830
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] T72/12
Historic county:
Cambridgeshire
Town name:
Cambridge
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TL449587
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TL 4459
Map title:
'Baker's New Map of the University and Town of Cambridge.'
Comments on map:
Scales of yards and chains.
Scale:
1:7128
Map-maker:
Richard Grey Baker, Earith, Huntingdonshire [sv, pb], J. Dower, Cumming Place, Pentonville, London [eng], T. Stevenson, Cambridge [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
94.0 x 109.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
roads, boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Rather more attention seems to be paid to building shapes of colleges than of houses, etc.
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills, watermills, (pictorial): Both post and tower mills.
Water transport infrastructure:
boat houses
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges: [Very few schools].
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 1660(1); Cambridgeshire RO R.53/11/2; Cambridge City Library 1830; TNA [PRO] T72/12; CUL Maps.bb.53.83.1, Maps.c.53.83.1, Maps.c.53.83.2, Maps.R.a.10, Maps.R.a.11, Maps.FR.x.20; CUL Maps.bb.999.89.01 [reduced photo]; CUL Maps.19.G.442 [Cambrigeshire Record Society, 1998].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, paper/print: [University Printing Press].
River and foreshore features:
sluices
Gardens:
shown, nurseries: Several named gardens and nurseries.
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Antiquities:
Manor House of St Rhadegund, Pythagoras School.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies: [Philosophical Rooms].
Commons:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
university colleges, municipal: [University: both pairs of arms (flanking the dedication) are extremely large: about 15 cm square].
Geodetic notes:
'Observations' bottom of left of latitude and longitude of Cambridge Observatory: 52.12.50.N, 0.5.53.E.
Dedicee of map:
Duke of Gloucester, K.G. G.C.B., Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
Business & commercial:
misc: Veterinary Surgery.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1885-6
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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