Leicestershire-Leicester-1892 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19028

Map Date:

[1892]

Repository reference:

RGS 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:

In Handbook for travellers in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Staffordshire, London: Murray, 3rd edition, 1892, f.p.108. In the style of other maps by this firm, i.e. a little Caslon, a lot of sans-serif, and possibly cerographic.

Scale:

1:21,120

Map-maker:

Walker & Boutall [eng].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

8.9 x 13.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses

Known copies of map:

BL 2364.a.8, RGS, Wolverhampton Archives [open access] [1892, Handbook for travellers in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Staffordshire, London: Murray, 3rd edition, 1892, f.p.108].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, museums

Parkland:

public parks

Antiquities:

Abbey ruins.

Ordnance Survey's

1884-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560