Derbyshire-Derby-1854 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19819

Map Date:

? 1854

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 2075 (2)

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, reduced, by permission of the Local Board of Health, from the Ordnance Survey of the Town, by W. Bemrose & Sons.'

Comments on map:

'1854' dating is from BM 1967 catalogue; lacks scale.

Scale:

1:8280

Map-maker:

W. Bemrose & Sons [authors].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

55.3 x 42.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

shown

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Text in gothic.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses, sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, township, Ward

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 2075(2), BOL C17:70 Derby (1), CUL Maps 57.85.4 [1854]; CUL Maps.18.G.68, RGS Eng & Wales S.126 [1867]; BLML Maps 2075(3), BOL C17:70 Derby (3), CUL Maps 57.87.3 [1876]; Derbyshire Local Studies Library [open access folded maps], Derbyshire RO D.769/B/13/1/18 [1877].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, metallurgical processing, textiles, uncertain: Mills.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations, misc: Railway works shown but not described.

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground: [Arboretum].

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

mechanics institutes

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Reference system:

squaring

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown, tea-gardens

Miscellaneous religious group:

Convent.

Ordnance Survey's

1881-2

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560