Hampshire-Portsmouth-1892
CBTM:
21460
Map Date:
[1892]
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 33.a.5
Historic county:
Hampshire
Town name:
Gosport, Portsmouth, Southsea
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SZ635995
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SU 6203
Map title:
'Portsmouth'.
Comments on map:
Plate 62 in John Bartholomew (ed), Black's Handy Atlas of England & Wales, London: Black, 1892. Included on grounds of consistency only. [The Bartholomew Printing Record [in National Library of Scotland, Map Library], records that 2600 copies of this atlas were printed on 21 March 1892.]
Scale:
1:28,160
Map-maker:
John Bartholomew & Co. [author, pr], A. & C. Black, London [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
18.0 x 12.5
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, water, land-use: Open spaces green.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Uncased buildings.
Water transport infrastructure:
jetties, naval dockyards, misc: Landing stage, Victualling yard. Naval Dockyards shown, and basins, etc, named, though not in quite as much detail as areas outside.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Some described, others just 'Ch'.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, misc.: Watch Tower.
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses
Recreation and sports venues:
recreation grounds
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 33.a.5.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Parkland:
public parks
Waterbodies:
shown
Commons:
shown
Monuments:
Monuments
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1856-62
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1872
1:500
1:10,560
1895
1:2500
1:10,560
1861
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1880-5
1:500
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
1859-62
1:2500
1:10,560
1872
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
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