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Derbyshire-Derby-1835

CBTM:
20386
Map Date:
? 1835
Repository reference:
Derbyshire RO D.769.B/13/1/229
Historic county:
Derbyshire
Town name:
Derby
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SK352366
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SK 3535
Map title:
'Map of the borough of Derby.'
Comments on map:
The lack of any author or publisher note is surprising. Map has similar proposed railways to the Swanwick map of 1835 [Exeter 20375], so that seems to date it. [The copy examined is very dirty and brittle, and some 'minor details' have probably been overlooked.]
Scale:
1:5544
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
63.3 x 51.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Colouring:
roads, water, boundaries
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, dispensaries, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, sailors
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, Ward
Known copies of map:
Derbyshire RO D.769.B/13/1/229.
Industry:
bricks/tiles, food/drink, metallurgical processing
Railways:
projected or otherwise unbuilt lines: Intended Railways.
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom right: large building with 'Royal Hotel' on corner: reference indicates that it also includes the Atheneum.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only: [Royal Hotel only].
Ordnance Survey's
1881-2
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1899
1:2500
1:10,560
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