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Cambridgeshire-Cambridge-1886

CBTM:
21181
Map Date:
[1886]
Repository reference:
Cambridge City Library, Cambridgeshire collection, CC.61.5 [open access]
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:
'The town of Cambridge: present state.'
Comments on map:
An overlay to 'The town of Cambridge: before the foundation of colleges', map 1 in Robert Willis, The Architectural history of the University of Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1886, Vol IV. Being on linen, it is not noticeably transparent. The same method is used for earlier-and-later plans of some of the colleges further on in the volume.
Scale:
1:7920
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
28.5 x 22.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
other: Course of Kings Ditch.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Not all streets shown away from 'historic core'.
Mills:
watermills: Also Mill Pool.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds, misc: Pieces, etc.
Known copies of map:
BL 7815.s.1, Cambridge City Library CC.61.5 [open access].
Gardens:
shown: [Named college gardens].
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, museums
Antiquities:
Course of Kings Ditch.
Waterbodies:
shown
Map material:
tracing linen
Ordnance Survey's
1885-6
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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