Cambridgeshire-Cambridge-1845
CBTM:
20689
Map Date:
? 1845
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3.a.35
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:
On map: 'University and town of Cambridge'.; on cover: 'A pictorial plan of the town and university of Cambridge.'
Comments on map:
Streets and open spaces mapped carefully; public buildings shown either by circular vignettes, or by circles. Dated 1844 in BLML 1967 catalogue, but has 'To the railway station', so it is perhaps a year or two later.
Scale:
1:4800*
Map-maker:
F. Bedford Junr Litho. London [lith], Standidge & Co., London [pr], John Hall and John Hatt, Cambridge, and G. Bell, 186 Fleet St, London [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
40.5 x 56.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
conduits
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 3.a.35, BOL (E)C17:70 Cambridge (20)Cambridge City Library 1845.B ['1845': seems to be as BL]; Cambridge City Library 1872.B [1872: pb J. Hall & Son.].
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
museums
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Title on map on banner; title on cover within Early English arch.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
university colleges, municipal
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1885-6
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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