Leicestershire-Leicester-1886
CBTM:
23338
Map Date:
1886
Repository reference:
RGS England & Wales S.264
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 1886.'
Comments on map:
No 'responsibility statement': extracted from a book (a directory?).
Scale:
1:10,000*
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
47.8 x 34.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally: Some roads on the Freeman's Common are 'Road V', 'Road W', etc.
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Uncased hatching.
Canals:
shown, wharf
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, misc: Gas Office, Drinking Fountains.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
blind, dispensaries, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, misc: Y.W.C.A.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds, recreation grounds
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
RGS Eng & Wales S.264 [513083].
Industry:
bricks/tiles
Railways:
routes, sidings, goods depots, motive power depots, named, passenger stations, industrial tramways/waggonways
Gardens:
allotments
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms, ice-skating
Parkland:
public parks: With Pavilions.
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Abbey ruins, Castle.
Road transport:
bus routes: Pecked lines down streets.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
Conservative, Liberal, Freemasons, unspecified
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Towers:
clock tower
Cemeteries:
shown
Retail activity:
limited range: Cooperative Buildings.
Ordnance Survey's
1884-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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