Leicestershire-Leicester-1877
CBTM:
19827
Map Date:
1877
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3290 (1)
Historic county:
Leicestershire
Town name:
Leicester
Map type:
advertising
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SK584044
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SK 5904
Map title:
'Map of Leicester
Comments on map:
Seems to be a forerunner of the Stephens & Mackintosh 'Business street map' series of 20 years later, but a good deal less eyeable. All but one advertiser has a numbered box, corresponding to a number on the map.
Scale:
1:5280*
Map-maker:
E.F. & R.J. Stephens, Civil Engineers, Surveyors &c, Market Street [sv, pb], W.H. Lead, Printer & Lithographer, Leicester [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
106.7 x 84.7 [overall: maximum map area 82.5 x 55.0].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
colours, boundaries
Colouring:
boundaries: Hand-colouring of wards.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only: Not many.
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown: 'Machine House' may refer to a weighing machine.
Mills:
watermills
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, sewage disposal
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Anglican churches have dedications, chapels are just 'chapel'.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
dispensaries, hospitals, infirmaries, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Parish, Ward
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 3290(1), BOL C17:70 Leicester (5), CUL Maps.69.87.2, NLS Map.l.27.29.
Industry:
warehousing, abbatoirs: [Repository].
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms
Service and professional:
banks
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
52 adverts round map: three illustrate the advertiser's premises.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Towers:
clock tower
Street tramways:
routes shown
Ordnance Survey's
1884-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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