Cambridgeshire-Cambridge-1887 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19042

Map Date:

[1887]

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.'

Comments on map:

In K. Baedeker, Great Britain ... handbook for travellers, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, and London: Dulau, 1887, f.p. 446, 2nd edition, 1890, f.p. 440, 3rd edition, 1894, f.p. 438, 4th edition, 1897, f.p. 440. [Text is by J.F. Muirhead: see p.v.]

Scale:

1:28,700

Map-maker:

Wagner & Debes Gegl. Estabt. Leipsic [? dr, pr], [Karl Baedeker, Leipsic, Dulau & Co., London [pb]].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

9.8 x 14.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally: Small ones not named: 'crammed' for the scale.

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Sanitary and utility information:

conduits: Presumably not functional.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Known copies of map:

BL 10108.d.13, 10108.ccc.15 [1887]; BL 10109.aa.3 [1890]; BL 10108.d.30 [1894]; BL 10108.ddd.30 [1897]; RGS library [in K. Baedeker, Great Britain ... handbook for travellers, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, and London: Dulau, 1887, f.p. 446, 2nd edition, 1890, f.p. 440, 3rd edition, 1894, f.p. 438, 4th edition, 1897, f.p. 440].

Industry:

paper/print: [Pitt Press].

Railways:

routes, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

museums, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Clubs and societies:

misc: Union House.

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Reference system:

squaring: 2.25 cm squaring.

Ordnance Survey's

1885-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560