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Cambridgeshire-Cambridge-1887

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
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