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Hampshire-Bournemouth-1881

CBTM:
19846
Map Date:
? 1881
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 34.a.13
Historic county:
Hampshire
Town name:
Bournemouth
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SZ087917
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SZ 0593
Map title:
[Cover:] 'A new plan of Bournemouth including Westbourne & Boscombe.', [map:] 'T.J. Hankinson's new plan of Bournemouth.'
Comments on map:
Second Edition: was obtained in 1954, but one of the letterpress advertisements refers to an award in 1881 (BLML 1967 catalogue dates it 1880, which is too early).
Scale:
1:5040
Map-maker:
T.J. Hankinson, Victoria Library, Bournemouth [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
90.2 x 50.2
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
altitude information
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally: Numbers on map refer to accompanying letterpress index: cf Exeter 19845.
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
piers, boat houses
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Fountain.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
dispensaries, hospitals
Education and academic:
schools: Also Bournemouth College.
Recreation and sports venues:
bathing, sports grounds: [Ladies and Gents' Bathing Machines; Pavilion at cricket ground].
Public/administrative boundaries:
county
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 34.a.13, CUL Maps.c.18.G.121 [1881+]; BLML Maps 2620(25), BOL Gough Adds Hants 8o 127, CUL Maps.D.63.88.4 [? 1883, ed 3]; BLML Maps 2620(8), BOL C17:70 Bournemouth (2) [1887, ed 5]; BLML Maps 2620(26), BOL C17:70 Bournemouth (4) [1890, ed 6]; RGS Eng & Wales S/S 299 [1900: 1:5040, 90 X 50 cm].
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, riding schools, libraries/newsrooms, ice-skating, Winter Gardens: [Riding Estt; the 'bath' is Boscombe Spa].
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Reference system:
squaring
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Miscellaneous religious group:
Nunnery.
Stated measuerments:
spot heights
Tenement boundaries group:
less built-up parts only
Ordnance Survey's
1869
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
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