Derbyshire-Derby-1838
CBTM:
23534
Map Date:
1.9.1838
Repository reference:
Post Office Archive POST 21/88
Historic county:
Derbyshire
Town name:
Derby
Map type:
General Purpose
National grid reference:
SK 352366
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
23534
Map title:
'Map of the Borough of Derby.'
Comments on map:
Publication details partly obscured by mounting. The vignette bottom right is decidedly NOT Dewhirst & Nichols’ usual style. Buildings mostly via Reference and numbers.
Scale:
1:7040
Map-maker:
Dewhirst & Nicholls, London [pub]
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
63.2/63.6 x 51.4/52.7
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
Boundaries: parish and borough in reference, ward colours separate.
Colouring:
boundaries, roads, water
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
customs, Parliament, town hall/administrative: ’Atheneum, Royal Hotel and Post Office’
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, dispensaries, hospitals, infirmaries
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, parish, ward
Known copies of map:
Post Office Archive POST 21/88
Industry:
Silk Mill, Breweries.
Railways:
misc: Birmingham & Leeds Railway; Intended Railway to Nottingham and by Rugby to London: each by a single pecked line.
Leisure and entertainment:
libraries/newsrooms, theatres, etc
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes, misc: ’Atheneum, Royal Hotel and Post Office’
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom right: Royal Hotel (untitled, but name is on building).
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only: ’Atheneum, Royal Hotel and Post Office’
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete: Not in closest part.
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