Leicestershire-Leicester-1867 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19326

Map Date:

1867

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] T.96/12

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:

'Spencer's new map of Leicester, from a special survey corrected to 1867.'

Scale:

1:6732

Map-maker:

E. Jarman [sv, dr, eng], J. & T. Spencer, printers, lithographers &c, 20 Market Place & 34 Cank St, Leicester [lith], J. & T. Spencer, 20 Market Place, Leicester [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

46.5 x 47.1

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries, diseases: Red dots for fever deaths.

Colouring:

health hazards: Sites of death from fever. [Boxes make provision for hand-colour by wards: absent from this copy.]

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, misc: Deaths from fever.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, magazines/arsenals

Welfare and charitable:

dispensaries, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Female Asylum.

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, Ward

Known copies of map:

Leicestershire RO [open access: photo] [1862]; Leicestershire RO [open access: photo] [1866]; TNA [PRO] T.96/12 [1867]; Leicestershire RO Ma/179/6 [1870.c]; Leicestershire RO Ma/179/4-5 [2 copies] [1872]; Leicestershire RO [open access: photo] [1874]; Leicestershire RO [open access: photo] [1879]; NLS [1857/1967: in Susanna Watts, A walk through Leicester, Leicester UP, 1967].

Railways:

routes, c, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls, museums, libraries/newsrooms

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

shown partially: the Mount [sic].

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Coal Depots.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [In compass boss].

Cemeteries:

shown

Retail activity:

publisher of map: [Spencer's Library [in Market Place]].

Ordnance Survey's

1884-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560