Leicestershire-Leicester-1897
CBTM:
21086
Map Date:
1897
Repository reference:
Leicestershire RO DG 19/Ma/179/1 [location: 26/30-34 (DE 295)]
Historic county:
Leicestershire
Town name:
Leicester
Map type:
uncertain
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SK584044
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SK 5904
Map title:
'Borough of Leicester & environs 1897'.
Comments on map:
Purpose unclear: looks rather like an upmarket version of the Oldershaw map [Exeter 21085]. Includes Marfitt Street.
Scale:
1:8640
Map-maker:
Johnson & Goodwin, Liths, Marble St, Leicester [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
91 x 122
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
Buildings, boundaries: Churches, schools.
Colouring:
boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, pumping stations, sewage disposal, misc: Gas and water offices.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: By cross.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools: ['S' in a hatched box].
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
bathing, sports grounds, recreation grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Parish: [Borough boundary greeny-grey].
Known copies of map:
Leicestershire RO DG 19/Ma/179/1 (DE 295/26/1) [location: 26/30-34 (DE 295)], 22D68/6.
Industry:
bricks/tiles
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations: Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway shown as if complete.
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
public parks
Antiquities:
Abbey ruins, Castle.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
Liberal
Towers:
clock tower
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1884-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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