Cambridgeshire-Cambridge-1865
CBTM:
21207
Map Date:
[1865]
Repository reference:
CUL Maps.C.53(2).86.2
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:
[Cover, inside cover, and map:] 'The stranger's map guide for Cambridge.'
Comments on map:
Dated 1865 inside the cover. Rather coarse compared with other Metcalfe litho productions of this period [Exeter 21199, 21208]. At bottom of map: 'The numbers refer to the principal objects of interest, and for full description see ''The Railway Traveller's walk through Cambridge''.' These numbers are also used in letterpress inside cover, 'List of the principal objects of interest', which has at its head: 'The Red lines on the Map will conduct the Stranger through all the College Walks and Public Places...'
Scale:
1:7920*
Map-maker:
W. Metcalfe, Cambridge [pr, pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
21.7 x 28.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
other: Red lines for walks.
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges, misc: Lecture Rooms.
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds, misc: Parker's Piece, etc.
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
CUL Maps.c.53(2).86.2.
Industry:
paper/print: [Pitt Press].
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Antiquities:
Abbey, Pythagoras School.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Borders:
decorative
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Ferries:
ferry
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Ordnance Survey's
1885-6
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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