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Norfolk-Norwich-1892

CBTM:
18973
Map Date:
[1892]
Repository reference:
RGS Library
Historic county:
Norfolk
Town name:
Norwich
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TG233097
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TG 2208
Comments on map:
In Handbook for travellers in Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Cambridgeshire, third edition, London: Murray, 1892, f.p.203. Names are type (similar to Caslon Old Roman), and it seems to be cerographic. Scale measured as 1.375 ins to 600 yards, 1:15,709.
Scale:
1:15,709
Map-maker:
Walker & Bountall [eng].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
20.2 x 15.1
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
clergy residences
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
boat houses
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, misc.: Named towers.
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges: ['Corn Hall'].
Known copies of map:
BL 2364.a.13, Cambridgeshire RO [open access], RGS Library [1892: A handbook for Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Cambridgeshire, London: Murray, 1892, f.p.203].
Railways:
routes, motive power depots, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
public parks: With Pavilion.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Ordnance Survey's
1880-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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