Leicestershire-Leicester-1880 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21082

Map Date:

? 1880

Repository reference:

Leicestershire RO DE 975/1 [location: 28/62]

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:

'Map of Leicester, containing the latest improvements.'

Comments on map:

Dated c.1880 in Leicestershire RO cards: seems to include some buildings not on Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st edition. An undistinguished effort: writing combined with block-hatching makes for near-illegibility.

Scale:

1:10,296

Map-maker:

Midland Educational Co., Ld, 7 Market Street, Leicester. Head Establishment:- Birmingham [pb].

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

39.5 x 31.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

police

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds, recreation grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish: [But not identified as such].

Known copies of map:

Leicestershire RO DE 975/1 [location: 28/62.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, motive power depots, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

allotments

Leisure and entertainment:

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

Parkland:

public parks: With Fountain.

Service and professional:

banks

Monuments:

memorials: [Memorial Tower].

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [In compass boss: fails to add distinction].

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1884-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560