Cambridgeshire-Cambridge-1872 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18972

Map Date:

[1872]

Repository reference:

RGS 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 for Murray's handbrook.'

Comments on map:

In A handbook for travellers in Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, London: Murray, [1872], f.p. 318, and 3rd edition, 1892, f.p. 339. Scale measured as 3.8 inches to 1 mile, 1:16,674.

Scale:

1:16,632

Map-maker:

Edwd Weller [author], John Murray, Albemarle St, London [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

24.7 x 16.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

watermills

Water transport infrastructure:

boat houses

Sanitary and utility information:

conduits

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, mental, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges: Including Industrial School.

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

BL 10353.h.15, RGS Library [1875: A handbook for Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Cambridgeshire, London: Murray, f.p.318]; BL 2364.a.13, Cambridgeshire RO [open access], RGS Library [1892: A handbook for Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Cambridgeshire, London: Murray, 1892, f.p.339].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown: [Notable ones only].

Leisure and entertainment:

museums, libraries/newsrooms

Commons:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1885-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560