Warwickshire-Birmingham-1834 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20872

Map Date:

1834

Repository reference:

Birmingham Central Library, local studies [open access map drawers: D5]

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:

'Map of the boundaries of the borough of Birmingham, under the patronage of his most gracious Majesty, William the Fourth. And Her Royal Highness the Princess Victoria. Taken from accurate surveys, in the year 1834.'

Comments on map:

Rather lacking in detail compared with the Beilby map [Exeter 20210].

Scale:

1:7920

Map-maker:

William Hunt, Surveyor, 36 New St, Birmingham [author, pb], J.P.Nevill, Birmingham [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

16.0 x 101.0 [when counted as four: plus 0.5-cm overlaps between plates: unusual].

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries, water: Canals, rivers.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

(unspecified type): Not many shown.

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

dispensaries, hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish

Known copies of map:

Birmingham Central Library, local studies [open access map drawers: D5].

Industry:

food/drink, warehousing, misc: Proof House; [Repository].

Railways:

projected or otherwise unbuilt lines

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms, misc: Pantechnetheca.

Service and professional:

insurance offices

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary owners: [On fringes of built-up parts].

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Borders:

keyboard type: No black-keys.

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Ordnance Survey's

1887-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560