Leicestershire-Leicester-1893
CBTM:
21087
Map Date:
? 1893
Repository reference:
Leicestershire RO DG 19/Ma/179/2 [location: 26/30-34 (DE 295)]
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, containing the latest improvements.'
Comments on map:
Style suggests preparation and printing by Stephens & Mackintosh: a Leicester firm. Leicestershire RO list suggests 1899, but there is no sign of the Great Central Railway, nor of Marfitt St [reputedly 1895].
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
Midland Educational Co., Ld, 7 Market Street, Leicester. Head Establishment:- Birmingham [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
45.7 x 55.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, sewage disposal, misc: Gas Office.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
magazines/arsenals
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses, misc: Female Asylum, Nurses Home.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses, sports grounds
Known copies of map:
Leicestershire RO DG 19/Ma/179/2 [location: 26/30-34 (DE 295)].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, engineering, textiles
Railways:
routes, goods depots, motive power depots, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
allotments
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, museums
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Abbey ruins, Castle.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
Conservative, Liberal
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Towers:
clock tower
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1884-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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