Leicestershire-Leicester-1802 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23270

Map Date:

1802

Repository reference:

BL G.16186

Historic county:

Leicestershire

Town name:

Leicester

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SK584044

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SK 5904

Map title:

'A plan of the town of Leicester.'

Comments on map:

F.p. 1 in A walk through Leicester: Leicester: Combe, London: Hurst, 1804.

Scale:

1:7200

Map-maker:

T. Combe [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

18.0 x 31.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Ribbons.

Mills:

watermills

Canals:

shown, wharf: [Public Wharf].

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Known copies of map:

BL G.16186 [1802]; BL 10260.cc.48 [1820: in Susanna Watts, A walk through Leicester: unclear if map]; BL Maps 199.e.1, CUL S696.c.94.47 [1947: repro in B.L. Gimson & P. Russell, Leicestershire maps, 1947]]; BL X.808/4459, NLS [in Susanna Watts, A walk through Leicester, Leicester UP, 1967].

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc

Miscellaneous:

Mount.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Ordnance Survey's

1884-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560