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Peterborough-1873

CBTM:
20846
Map Date:
1873
Repository reference:
Peterborough Central Library, local studies, strongroom
Town name:
Peterborough
Map type:
uncertain
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TL193986
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TL 1799
Map title:
'Map of Peterborough. 1873.'
Comments on map:
Similar in content to the other Ruddle map [Exeter 20847], but different drawing: this one has 'G.N.R. Loco. Works' at New England.
Scale:
1:19,008
Map-maker:
James Ruddle, Surveyor, Peterborough [author].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
53.8 x 41.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
drill halls
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
recreation grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Ward: [Parliamentary and municipal boundaries].
Known copies of map:
Peterborough Central Library, local studies, strongroom [original]; Northamptonshire RO Map 4170/1-3 [photo].
Industry:
engineering
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1884-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1900
1:2500
1:10,560
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