Derbyshire-Derby-1892 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19026

Map Date:

[1892]

Repository reference:

RGS Library

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:

'Derby'.

Comments on map:

In Handbook for travellers in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Staffordshire, London: Murray, 3rd edition, 1892, f.p.4. In the style of other maps by this firm, i.e. a little Caslon, a lot of sans-serif, and probably cerographic: the maps have been printed from a block, not a plate.

Scale:

1:21,120

Map-maker:

Walker & Boutall [eng].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

9.0 x 12.6

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges: [School of Art].

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

BL 2364.a.8, RGS, Wolverhampton Archives [open access] [1892, Handbook for travellers in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Staffordshire, London: Murray, 3rd edition, 1892, f.p.4].

Industry:

furniture/pottery

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Ordnance Survey's

1881-2

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560