Cambridgeshire-Cambridge-1875
CBTM:
20692
Map Date:
1875
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 1660 (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:
'Spalding's plan of Cambridge, and its environs. Compiled expressly for W.P. Spalding, by Francis S. Craig. 1875.'
Scale:
1:7040
Map-maker:
Francis S. Craig [author], E. Cooke, lith, 6 Bedford St, Bedford Row, London [lith], W.P. Spalding [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
45.3 x 56.2
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial)
Water transport infrastructure:
boat houses
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, misc: Water Works Off.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, internal revenue
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, workhouses, misc: Spinning Ho, Female Refuge.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 1660(2), BOL C17:70 Cambridge (6), Cambridge City Library 1875.B, CUL Maps.bb.53.87.7- (3 copies), Maps.53.87.1 [1875]; CUL Views.x.1,22 [1880]; BLML Maps 3.a.45, BOL C17:70 Cambridge (2), Cambridge City Library 1881.B, CUL Maps.53.88.15 [1881]; Cambridge City Library 1886.B [1886]; CUL Maps.53(2).88.61 [1886: in G.M. Humphry, Guide to Cambridge]; BL (SPR) 23.h.6 [1887: in Spalding's Directory].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, engineering, oil/soap etc, uncertain: Works named by proprietor.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, motive power depots, named, rails, passenger stations: Identifies platforms at the station used by various companies.
Leisure and entertainment:
museums, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
botanic gardens
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Boundary of Camboritum, Castle Mound, ruins.
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown incompletely: [Quite a number named outside the built-up part].
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
Conservative, learned societies, misc: Union Society.
Commons:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Ferries:
ferry
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
pounds/pinfolds
Cemeteries:
shown
Miscellaneous street furniture:
Milestones.
Ordnance Survey's
1885-6
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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