Cambridgeshire-Cambridge-1900
CBTM:
21209
Map Date:
[1900]
Repository reference:
CUL Maps.BB.53.90.3
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:
'Cambridge.'
Comments on map:
Plate 68 from (presumably) The Royal Atlas: this copy is stamped as a proof, 11 Oct 1900.
Scale:
1:7200
Map-maker:
John Bartholomew & Co. Edinr. [author].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
22.0 x 32.8
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, water, land-use: Open spaces green: 'ordinary' buildings by blocks of tint only.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: 'Ordinary' buildings by blocks of tint only, so that an outline printing would be 'GX'.
Mills:
watermills
Water transport infrastructure:
boat houses
Sanitary and utility information:
fire stations
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, misc: Young Mens Christian Assocn, Ch of Engld Young Mens Soc.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, misc: Senate Ho, Clarendon Laboratory. Courts within colleges, etc, named.
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds, recreation grounds
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 17.c.4, BOL C17 b.11, RGS 10.F.4. [1899: Newnes [pb]: Plate 68 in J.G. Bartholomew (ed), The Royal Atlas of England & Wales]; CUL Maps.BB.53.90.3 [1900, pl.68: proof].
Industry:
paper/print: [Pitt Press].
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Antiquities:
Castle Mound (hachured), Pythagras School.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
Conservative, Liberal, misc: Union Reading Room.
Commons:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Ordnance Survey's
1885-6
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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