Warwickshire-Birmingham-1849
CBTM:
23323
Map Date:
[1849]
Repository reference:
BL RB.23.a.24353
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:
F.t.p. of Birmingham illustrated. Cornish's stranger's guide through Birmingham, Birmingham: Cornish, 1849.
Scale:
1:18,103
Map-maker:
A. Johnson, Temple Row [eng], Cornish Brothers, 37 New St, Birmingham [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
25.2 x 22.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
colours: Provision for colouring the wards, but this has not been done on this copy.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, workhouses, misc: Asylum for the Infant Poor.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, Ward
Known copies of map:
BL RB.23.a.24353, BOL G.A.Warw. 8o 24 [1849: ed 7]; BL 10351.b.54, BOL G.A.Warw.8o 24 [1853: ed 8]; BL 10358.b.3 [1858: 'ed 8'].
Industry:
misc: Gun Barrel Proof House.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
industrial owners
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Chamfered corners, ruled background.
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Borders:
decorative
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Miscellaneous religious group:
Abbey.
Ordnance Survey's
1887-9
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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