Warwickshire-Birmingham-1844 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18474

Map Date:

? 1844

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 5545 (8); R.G.S. 7.H.14

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, Published under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.'

Comments on map:

For Maps of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Vol II, London: Chapman & Hall, 1844, as map 166. The map seems to be either a very close copy of the Arrowsmith map of 1834 [Exeter 20209], which in turn derives directly from the Beilby map of 1824-8 [Exeter 20210], or else is the same plate, reduced in size and with title, vignettes, etc reengraved. Scale measured as 1.78 inches to 0.25 mile, 1:8898, so 1:8800 adopted (as with Arrowsmith).

Scale:

1:8800

Map-maker:

J. Henshall, 1 Cloudsley Terrace, Islington [eng, pr], Society for Diffusion of Useful Knowledge [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

40.5 x 33.2

Number of parts:

1

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown, wharf: [Wharfs described in some detail].

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Several shaded but undescribed buildings may be churches.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses, misc: Asylum.

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish, township, Ward

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 5545(8), RGS 7.H.14 [512405], Birmingham Central Library, CUL, RGS [1844]; BOL 2027 b.37 [1847]; BOL G1 C16.6 [1847/1992: Baynton-Williams];

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, glass, lime/cement, metallurgical processing, misc: Coach Factory, Gun Barrel Proof House, Repository for Horses and Carriages.

Railways:

routes, motive power depots, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown: [Numerous Small Gardens].

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary for location purposes: [In suburbs].

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom of map: six comparative elevations of notable buildings. Inset is map of 'environs' with boundaries: scale 1.125 inches to 2 miles [1:112,640].

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1887-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1887-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560