Cambridgeshire-Cambridge-1859 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20691

Map Date:

1859

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 1660 (19) [from Original in Cambridge Public Library]

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, 1859.'

Comments on map:

Includes letterpress 'Notes and observations', which explain building conventions and notes on compilation: 'Map

Scale:

1:5148

Map-maker:

E. Monson, Land Surveyor, Draughtsman, and Photographist, Cambridge [author, dr, pr, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

47.5 x 73.5 [overall: map 45.2 x 58.7].

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

altitude information, Buildings

Colouring:

other: Densely built-up parts.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

boat houses

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, workhouses, misc: Spinning House [letterpress adds 'House of Correction'], Female Refuge, female servants Training Institution, YMCA.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, misc: Senate House, University Register Office.

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

bathing, sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish

Known copies of map:

Cambridge City Library 1859.B (c.1:5280, 28.75 x 18.75); Cambridge City Library 1859*A (reduced version, 18 x 23''); CUL Maps.aa.18.Q.1; BLML Maps 1660 (19), CUL Maps.bb.53(2).94.2- [photo of Cambridge town lib copy, 1946].

Industry:

engineering, paper/print: [University Printing Office].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms

Miscellaneous:

Sheetlines and numbers of 'skeleton map'.

Parkland:

botanic gardens

Service and professional:

banks

Antiquities:

Castle Hill, Pythagoras School, Kings Old Gateway, Abbey.

Clubs and societies:

learned societies, working mens: [Working Men's Reading Room & Literary Institute].

Commons:

shown

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Reference system:

C

Cemeteries:

shown

Miscellaneous street furniture:

Mile stones.

Stated measuerments:

spot heights: To 0.01 ft.

Ordnance Survey's

1885-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560