Leicestershire-Leicester-1828
CBTM:
18760
Map Date:
1828
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] T72/10
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:
'Plan of the town and parishes of Leicester by R. Unicume, 1828.'
Comments on map:
On two plates: paper is watermarked T. Edmonds Not Bleached 1830, with careful manuscript addition on north-west by abbey, including 'Colliery-railway-now making Decr. 4. 1831.' St Leonards, St Margarets, St Mary parishes. Some fields numbered; reference not present; does it refer to enclosure award? (Field numbers are in south part of map only.) Scale measured as 1 inch to 7.2 chains (1:5702).
Scale:
1:5702
Map-maker:
R. Unicume, Lecester [sv, pb], James & Josiah Neele, 352 Strand [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
44.2 x 85.5, 45.6 x 85.5.
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
general legend: Borough, parish & extra-parochial boundaries, public buildings, public houses, windmills, gardens (stippled), fields (tussocky).
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills, watermills, (symbol): Windmills shown by topographic map symbol.
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories: [New county Gaol shown in outline only, unlike House of Correction].
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
bazaars, exchanges, markets: [Horse Bazaar].
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds, recreation grounds
Woodland:
shown, orchards: Orchard is annotation on arable.
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, extra-parochial, Parish
Known copies of map:
TNA [PRO] T72/10 [I] [original]; Leicestershire RO PP 349 [photo], Leicestershire RO [open access: photo], Leicester Municipal Library [photocopy].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, chemicals, food/drink, rope walk, textiles
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
banks, newspaper offices
Landowners and occupiers:
corporation/municipal, owners shown incompletely: [Particularly charity, &c, lands; Corporation Willows].
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Below title: 'North view of Leicester Abbey'; top right: 'Mr Kelly's house and manufactory' [gothick].
Commons:
shown
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Intended New Streets.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Dedicee of map:
Rt Hon Earl Howe.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown: [Numerous, and named].
Other land-uses & land-cover:
building ground
Ordnance Survey's
1884-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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