Cambridgeshire-Cambridge-1840
CBTM:
21195
Map Date:
1.1.1840
Repository reference:
CUL Maps.aa.53.84.1
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:
'Map of the borough of Cambridge divided into parishes and wards, and distinguishing public and private property. 1840.'
Comments on map:
It is unclear quite what 'distinguishing public and private property' amounts to in practice. Depiction of town centre not especially clear, even though reference letters and numbers substitute for writing in situ.
Scale:
1:9504
Map-maker:
Dewhirst & Nichols, Civil Engineers, London [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
72.5 x 53.7
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
colours
Colouring:
boundaries: Wards: hand-coloured.
Road names:
partly
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Ordinary buildings single-hatched, public buildings double-hatched, colleges lightly stippled and over-discreet.
Mills:
watermills
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, sewers: [Kings Spring].
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories, misc: Senate House.
Markets and exchanges:
fairgrounds, markets: [Stourbridge Fair Green].
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, Ward
Known copies of map:
CUL Maps.AA.53.84.1, Maps.AA.53.84.2, Views.x.1,20 [originals]; Maps.bb.999.01.90 [reduced photo].
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, museums
Parkland:
botanic gardens, private parks and ornamental ground: [Ornamental indicated by drives, etc, only].
Antiquities:
Castle Hill, Abbey, Manor House of St Rhadegund.
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes, learned societies
Commons:
shown: This presumably includes 'pieces'.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Crosses:
cross, named: [Stone Cross].
Miscellaneous street furniture:
Milestones.
Ordnance Survey's
1885-6
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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