Warwickshire-Birmingham-1834
CBTM:
20209
Map Date:
9.1834
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 5545 (7)
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:
'New plan of Birmingham, with the latest improvements.'
Comments on map:
Described in dedication as 'constructed from various surveys'. Scale measured as 3.58 ins: 0.5 mile.
Scale:
1:8800
Map-maker:
J. Henshall, 1 Cloudesley Terrace, Islington, London [eng], J. Arrowsmith, 33 East St, Red Lion Square [author, pb], Wrightson & Webb, New St, Birmingham [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
68.5 x 56.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown, wharf
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, misc: Asylum.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 5545 (7) [1834, pub Arrowsmith]; BLML Maps 5545(21), Birmingham Central Library [1838, pb. J.R. Jobbins].
Industry:
chemicals, engineering, food/drink, glass, metallurgical processing, textiles, warehousing, uncertain, misc: [Reposy. for Horses and Carriages], Mill, Coach works, Gun Barrel Proof House.
Railways:
projected or otherwise unbuilt lines, named: Pecked lines.
Gardens:
shown: [Areas annotated 'Small Gardens'].
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
botanic gardens, private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
insurance offices
Landowners and occupiers:
notable residents
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
At bottom of map are vignettes of five notable secular buildings, the largest being the town hall, in the centre; top left is an inset of Soho, top right is a map of the new borough boundaries, about 1:72,000, and on the right side is a map of the London and Birmingham Railway, about 1:650,000.
Borders:
decorative
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Cemeteries:
shown
Dedicee of map:
Directors of the London and Birmingham Railway Company.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Ordnance Survey's
1887-9
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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