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Staffordshire-Handsworth-1794

CBTM:
20880
Map Date:
1794
Repository reference:
Birmingham Central Library, local studies [open access map drawers: D9]
Historic county:
Staffordshire
Town name:
Handsworth
Map type:
uncertain
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SP036902
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SP 0888
Map title:
'A plan of the township of Handsworth...'
Comments on map:
Recorded from photocopy, possibly of transcript: provenance uncertain. Drawn in 1794 by Betham: field boundaries and buildings only.
Scale:
1:9504
Map-maker:
Saml Betham [dr].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
72 x 51
Number of parts:
1
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
Birmingham Central Library, local studies [open access map drawers: D9].
Industry:
misc: 'Soho'.
Ordnance Survey's
1885
1:2500
1:10,560
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