Leicestershire-Leicester-1886 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21447

Map Date:

[1886]

Repository reference:

BL 10347.cc.10

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:

In Paterson's Guide Book to England and Wales... 1886, Edinburgh, William Paterson, n.d., f.p. 282; for further details see under Exeter 21432.

Scale:

1:21,120*

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

9.2 x 15.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, building infill omitted, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown, wharf

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

barracks, magazines/arsenals

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, mental

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

recreation grounds

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

1885 [PC]; BL 10347.cc.10, BL 10347.cc.11 [1886].

Railways:

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

Gardens:

allotments

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, museums, ice-skating

Parkland:

public parks

Antiquities:

Abbey.

Monuments:

memorials: [Memorial Tower].

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Reference system:

squaring: 0.88 x 1.0 ins.

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1884-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560