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Cambridgeshire-Cambridge-1844

CBTM:
21178
Map Date:
1844
Repository reference:
Cambridge City Library, Cambridgeshire collection, 1844.A
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:
'Plan of Cambridge.'
Comments on map:
'Printed for R.G. Baker 1844', bottom left: Cambridge City Library cards say for the British Association, but in fact Exeter 21180 seems to be this.
Scale:
1:7040*
Map-maker:
Metcalf & Palmer, Lithogrs., Cambridge [lith], R.G. Baker [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
22.8 x 28.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
watermills
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, misc: Anatomical School.
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
Cambridge City Library 1844.A (also in The Cambridge Guide, 1845: BL RB.23.a.21706, Cambridge City Library C.46.4).
Industry:
paper/print: [Pitt Press].
Leisure and entertainment:
museums, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
botanic gardens
Antiquities:
Pythagroas School, Rhadegund Buig; castle hill hachured only.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Commons:
shown: Greens, Pieces, etc named.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Ferries:
ferry
Other land-uses & land-cover:
heath/uncultivated
Ordnance Survey's
1885-6
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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