Cambridgeshire-Cambridge-1890
CBTM:
21184
Map Date:
? 1890
Repository reference:
CUL.Maps.bb.53(2).89.7, Cambridge City Library, Cambridgeshire collection, 1890.B
Historic county:
Cambridgeshire
Town name:
Cambridge
Map type:
drink
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TL449587
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TL 4459
Map title:
'Map of Cambridge shewing public houses....'
Comments on map:
Both CUL, who have the standard advertising version, and Cambridge Library, who have the 'drink' version, date the map about 1890: as the Tenison Road area is built up, date might perhaps be a little later than 1890. The 'drink' version lacks all attribution data. Scale graduated in yards: about 1 inch to 130 yards, 1:4680.
Scale:
1:4500
Map-maker:
[On advertising version only:] G. Gibbons & Co., Leicester [pr], Borough & County Advertising Co. [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
100.0 x 86.5 [overall: map of both versions 67.8 x 56.2].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
licensed premises, advertising: Retail or intoxicating, according to overprint.
Colouring:
Buildings, drink, advertising
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, misc: Waterworks Office.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, misc: Female Refuge.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, misc: Anatomical School.
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds: [Numerous sports grounds].
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
CUL Maps.bb.53(2).89.7 [1890.c]; Cambridge City Library 1890.B.[drink map]; Maps.bb.53(2).89.8 [1895: Stephens & Mackintosh].
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Pythagoras School (in ruins), Castle Hill, Remains of Abbey.
Clubs and societies:
Conservative, Liberal, Freemasons, learned societies, unspecified
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Round map, on the advertising version only: 44 advertisers.
Commons:
shown: Various 'Pieces' and other open spaces: similar ornament used for all open space, whether public or not.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Retail activity:
advertisers on map: [On the advertising version only].
Street tramways:
routes shown, stables
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown: Drink version only: Public houses and beer houses [red disk], grocers and wine licenses and breweries [red square]: note at bottom that as these symbols are of uniform size, 'so that in some streets it has been difficult to insert them quite in their proper positions'.
Ordnance Survey's
1885-6
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1885-6
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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