Northamptonshire-Northampton-1899
CBTM:
20773
Map Date:
? 1899
Repository reference:
Northampton Public Library, Northamptonshire Room [map chest: open access]
Historic county:
Northamptonshire
Town name:
Northampton
Map type:
advertising
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SP755604
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SP 7562
Map title:
'The Boro'. & Counties Commercial Advertg. Co. Birmingham. Business Street Map of Northampton.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from photocopy. Usual style: as usual, advertisements have been cropped. Dated 1899 by library.
Scale:
1:5400
Map-maker:
Borough & Counties Commercial Advertising Co., Birmingham [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
62 x 49 [map].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
advertising
Colouring:
Buildings, advertising: Grey buildings.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
watermills
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, pumping stations, reservoirs, sewage disposal, misc: Water Tower, St Thomas a Becket Well.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Some are just 'Chapel'.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, drill halls
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Medical Inst.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses, sports grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
Ward
Known copies of map:
Northampton Pub Lib 9278 [original]; Northamptonshire Public Library, Northamptonshire Room 9279; Northamptonshire RO Map 4616 [neg photo].
Railways:
routes, earthworks, goods depots, named, rails, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
Conservative, Freemasons, unspecified, misc: Shoemakers Institute.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Retail activity:
advertisers on map
Miscellaneous religious group:
Convent.
Ordnance Survey's
1883-4
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1899
1:2500
1:10,560
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