Middlesex-Chelsea-1900
CBTM:
23479
Map Date:
? 1900
Repository reference:
Kensington Library, local studies
Historic county:
Middlesex
Town name:
Chelsea
Map type:
advertising
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ275780
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 3181
Map title:
'Stephens and Mackintosh Leicester. Business Street Map of Chelsea.'
Comments on map:
This copy lacks the advertisements. Dated c.1890 by the library, which seems rather early.
Scale:
1:6840
Map-maker:
Stephens and Mackintosh, Leicester [pb].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
50.8 x 30.8 [map].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries, advertising
Colouring:
Buildings, boundaries, advertising: Grey buildings, red boundary and advertising overprint.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
wharfs
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, pumping stations
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
misc: Parliamentary division.
Known copies of map:
Kensington Local Studies.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
misc: Institute.
Cemeteries:
shown
Retail activity:
advertisers on map: [Nominally 32 of them; Tattersalls].
Ordnance Survey's
1848-50
1:1056
1:5280
1:10,560
Skeleton survey
1864
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
1893-4
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
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