Cambridgeshire-Cambridge-1837 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18357

Map Date:

? 1837

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 5.b.4

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:

'Cambridge.'

Comments on map:

Included in Moule's Atlas (1837, etc). First published about February 1834: see Tony Campbell, 'The original monthly numbers of Moule's English Counties', The Map Collector 31 (June 1985), 26-39, pp 38-9.

Scale:

1:9600*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

25.2 x 20.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

important roads only

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills, watermills

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:

workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 5.b.4; Cambridge City Library 1836.A; CUL Atlas.6.83.6, Maps.53.83.23 [1837]; CUL Atlas.6.83.12 [1838]; CUL Maps.53.83.22, Maps.bb.53(2).83.8 [later edition]; BOL 2479116 d.501 [1971: in Department of Architecture & Planning: Cambridge Townscape, an analysis]; BOL C17 c.23 [1842/1990: Studio Editions]; BOL G1. C16.6 [1992: in Ashley Baynton-Williams, Town and city maps of the British Isles 1800-1855, London: Studio Editions, 1992]; BOL G24 C17.23 [1994: Bracken Books].

River and foreshore features:

sluices, springs

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom right: vignette of Trinity College.

Commons:

shown

Borders:

decorative

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Arms and heraldry:

university colleges, municipal: [Both colleges and university].

Other land-uses & land-cover:

heath/uncultivated

Ordnance Survey's

1885-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560