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Cambridgeshire-Cambridge-1888

CBTM:
20693
Map Date:
1888
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 1660 (3)
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 map of Cambridge based on the Ordnance Survey plans, (10 ft scale) by permission of the First Commissioner of Her Majesty's Works. drawn & many parts specially surveyed by George John Smith, 1888.'
Comments on map:
Includes some streets not on the Ordnance Survey 1:2500, etc, first edition. Imitates style of the 1875 map [Exeter 20694] quite closely, but writing is larger.
Scale:
1:7040
Map-maker:
George John Smith [dr, sv], [Spalding [pb]].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
57.3 x 66.5
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
roads, water, land-use, other: Colleges red, open spaces green.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Some black buildings, especially in suburbs, not described.
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial)
Water transport infrastructure:
boat houses, misc: Winning Post of Boat Races.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, misc: Gas Of.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only: Some undescribed buildings are probably non-Anglican; and St Paul, Hills Road, is shown in black but not named.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
rifle ranges
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses, misc: Female Refuge.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
bathing, sports grounds, recreation grounds, misc: University Bicycle Track.
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 1660(3), BOL C17:70 Cambridge (7), Cambridge City Library 1888.B, CUL Maps.53.88.5,6 (2 copies), Maps.aa.53.88.2 [1888]; Cambridge City Library 1894.A [1894]; Cambridge City Library 1898.B, CUL Maps.bb.53.89.6 [1898: used in directory]; CUL Maps.c.999(53(2)).89.1 [31 x 31 cm: for 30th annual conference of National Union of Teachers].
Industry:
food/drink
Railways:
routes, goods depots, motive power depots, named, rails, passenger stations: Identifies platforms at the station used by various companies.
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
museums
Parkland:
botanic gardens
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Castle Mount.
Waterbodies:
shown
Commons:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown, tea-gardens
Ordnance Survey's
1885-6
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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