Leicestershire-Leicester-1890 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21084

Map Date:

[1890]

Repository reference:

Leicestershire RO DE 4731/5 [location: 76/46]

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:

'The proposed borough extension scheme.'

Comments on map:

In the Leicester Daily Post, 23 October 1890, p.8: map seems to be Ordnance Survey 1:10,560, with many names rewritten (helping disguise the provenance), but with some contours and altitudes retained. As it has presumably been photo-engraved, the end-result is three removes from the 1:2500 original. A curiosity.

Scale:

1:20,000*

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

34 x 45

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

sewage disposal

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Leicestershire RO DE 4731/5 [location: 76/46].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, engineering, textiles

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Parkland:

public parks

Cemeteries:

shown

Stated measuerments:

contours, spot heights: Contours fragmentary.

Ordnance Survey's

1884-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560