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Cambridgeshire-Cambridge-1890

CBTM:
21187
Map Date:
1890
Repository reference:
Cambridge City Library, Cambridgeshire collection, Cambridge.C 1890/1
Historic county:
Cambridgeshire
Town name:
Cambridge
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
TL449587
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TL 4459
Map title:
'Cambridge University. 1890'. 'Cambridge University. 1891'.
Comments on map:
Two similar maps, but apparently drawn separately, coloured to show areas owned and occupied by the colleges: other areas only mapped fragmentarily. The purpose of the map is unclear: is it municipal? The scale suggests a pre-OS parent. (Nothing similar has been found for Oxford.)
Scale:
1:2376
Map-maker:
G.J. Smith, Surveyor, 7 Green St [author].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
62.3 x 80.7
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
colours: Table gives name and foundation of college, its master and his date of institution, colour on plan, and acreage (a.r.p.).
Colouring:
Buildings, roads, water, other: College ownerships, Hobson's watercourses.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Sanitary and utility information:
water works, misc: Hobson's watercourses, Tank. Note on distance and fall from Nine Wells Springs to Conduit Head.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
recreation grounds: Parkers Piece, etc.
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish
Known copies of map:
Cambridge City Library 1890+1891.C; CUL MS Plans 525, MS Plans 526, 527, MS Plans 528 [MS]; CUL Maps.bb.53(2).89.4-6 [printed].
Antiquities:
Site of Pythagoras School.
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners: [Colleges].
Waterbodies:
shown, misc: Mill Pits.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1885-6
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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