Warwickshire-Birmingham-1834
CBTM:
23298
Map Date:
[1834]
Repository reference:
BL PP.6000.b
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:
'Birmingham.'
Comments on map:
In Pinnock's Guide to knowledge, no. CXXIX, 9 August 1834, [p.289]: description of Birmingham follows on pp 291ff.
Scale:
1:21,120*
Map-maker:
J. Archer [? dr, ? eng], W. Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, London [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
16.3 x 22.8
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
BL PP.6000.b.
Industry:
food/drink, misc: [Two breweries]; Proof House.
Railways:
projected or otherwise unbuilt lines, named: London & Birmingham [authorised 1833, opened 1837].
Gardens:
shown: [Area annotated thus].
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Borders:
decorative
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Ordnance Survey's
1887-9
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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