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Cambridgeshire-Cambridge-1861

CBTM:
21205
Map Date:
? 1861
Repository reference:
CUL Maps.53(2).86.1
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:
'Plan of Cambridge.'
Comments on map:
Note on back says that published in Norris Deck, A handbook for visitors to Cambridge, 1861. Very similar to the Metcalfe map attributed to about the same date [Exeter 21199], but not so crisp.
Scale:
1:10,560*
Map-maker:
W. Metcalfe, Litho [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
10.2 x 16.8
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
general highlighting of district: Blue.
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges, misc: Senate, Anatomical School.
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Known copies of map:
CUL Maps.53(2).86.1 [in Norris Deck, A hand-book for visitors, 1861].
Industry:
paper/print: [Pitt Press].
Leisure and entertainment:
museums
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Antiquities:
Pythagoras School, pecked lines of 'Camboritum', unnamed mound [Castle Hill].
Commons:
shown: Parkers Piece, etc.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Ordnance Survey's
1885-6
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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