Cambridgeshire-Cambridge-1868 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21208

Map Date:

? 1868

Repository reference:

CUL Maps.c.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:

Very simlar to Exeter 21198 (in style: purple) and Exeter 21205 (in content). Extracted from book, noted in pencil on back as The new Cambridge guide, Cambridge: Metcalfe, 2nd ed., 1868.

Scale:

1:10,560*

Map-maker:

W. Metcalfe. Litho. [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

10.3 x 17.0

Number of parts:

1

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:

BL 10351.f.45, CUL Maps.c.53(2).86.1 [in the new Cambridge guide, 2nd ed, 1868].

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