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Leicestershire-Leicester-1885

CBTM:
19352
Map Date:
? 1885
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] Library
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:
'Leicester'.
Comments on map:
Recorded from Jack Simmons, Leicester past and present, London: Methuen, 1974, II, 8-9, where is 'Leicester c.1885': provenance uncertain. Style very definitely Bartholomew, but their imprint is absent.
Scale:
1:16,896
Map-maker:
[John Bartholomew, Edinburgh [author, pr].]
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
22.2 x 18.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only: Not many.
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown, wharf
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, misc: Fountain.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Female Asylum.
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds, recreation grounds
Known copies of map:
BL X.0800/636, TNA [PRO] Library [in Jack Simmons, Leicester Past & Present II, 1974, 8-9].
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc
Parkland:
public parks
Antiquities:
Abbey.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Towers:
tower: [Memorial Tower].
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1884-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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