Warwickshire-Birmingham-1792 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20193

Map Date:

11.9.1792

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 5545 (22)

Historic county:

Warwickshire

Town name:

Birmingham

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SP067868

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SP 0888

Map title:

'Plan of Birmingham survey'd in the year 1792.'

Comments on map:

No building infill or indication of surveyor; altogether rather bald. [John Townley adds the following: The following advertisement first appeared in Aris's Gazette Birmingham on September 17, 1792: ‘PLAN OF BIRMINGHAM On Monday next will be published A New Plan of the Town; wherein is described all the new Streets, the Course of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, the Termination of the Worcester Canal, The Situation of the Barracks new buildings, with every necessary Information to direct Strangers to any Part of the Town, the public Buildings being described in their proper Situations, without any References; and for the Convenience of Proprietors of Buildings, the Streets are described without Shading, in such a Manner that any Person may have their Buildings exhibited on the Plan in their exact Situation. Birmingham, September 17, 1792.’ In the following edition, on September 24, 1792, the same advertisement appeared with the following addition: ‘Sold by all the Booksellers, and by the Publisher, C Pye, Cheapside, Deritend; at all which Places may be had, the Directory, with the above Plan, Price 2s 6d, Birmingham, September 17, 1792.’ This plan was also used in the third edition of William Hutton's History of Birmingham (1792) and in the first reprint (1795) and in some editions of the second reprint (1806). Charles Pye pursued at least three different occupations (watchmaker, wine merchant & Collector of Hearth & Window Tax) before turning to directory publishing. He published three directories of Birmingham plus a description of the town in 1818. He was paid £40 for surveying the town in the rating year 1786-1787.]

Scale:

1:9504*

Map-maker:

C. Pye, Birmingham [eng, pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

36.3 x 26.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

public buildings emphasised, some or all buildings omitted.

Mills:

(pictorial), windmills

Canals:

shown, wharf

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

British Library Maps* 5545 (22), Birmingham Archives MAP/72833 [1792]; Bodleian Library Gough Maps 41K Fol.3B, Gough Warwick 9 [1792 or 95]; British Library Maps 5545(17), Birmingham Archives MAP/331752 [1795]; Birmingham Central Library; British Library Maps 175.k.4, Bodleian Library (E)c17:70 Birmingham (60), CUL Atlas.2.96.68, Dudley Archives 2468.E [1795/1968: in Birmingham before 1800].

Industry:

engineering, food/drink, metallurgical processing: Not many shown.

Leisure and entertainment:

etc, baths/spa, theatres

Decorative cartouches:

symbolic/non-realistic: Title on slab, leaned on by clad female.

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1887-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560