Leicestershire-Leicester-1894 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18663

Map Date:

[1894]

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:

'Plan of Leicester'.

Comments on map:

In J.H.F. Brabner (ed), The comprehensive gazetteer of England & Wales, London: William Mackenzie, 6 vols, ? 1893-5, III: cf Exeter 18658. Scale measured as 2.92 inches to 1 mile [literally 1:21,698].

Scale:

1:21,700

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

22.1 x 28.2

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, land-use: Parks & cemeteries.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

boat houses

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

BL 2367.d.3, RGS Library

Industry:

bricks/tiles, metallurgical processing, textiles, uncertain

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

allotments, nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks

Antiquities:

Leicester Abbey.

Waterbodies:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1884-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560