Warwickshire-Birmingham-1855
CBTM:
22224
Map Date:
1855
Repository reference:
BOL C17:70 Birmingham (9)
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:
'Street map of the town of Birmingham, 1855. Published by order of the Council.'
Comments on map:
Evidently from an engraved original.
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
Day & Son Lithrs to the Queen [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
41.2 x 34.7 [overall: map 40.0 x 30.5].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Swatches of hatching only.
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Several are just 'Chapel'.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
deaf & dumb, hospitals, mental, workhouses, misc: Licensed Victuallers Asylum.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
BOL C17:70 Birmingham (9) [1855]; BLML Maps 5545 (2), BOL C17:70 Birmingham (1) [1859: Davies's new map of Birmingham Strangers' guide & street directory].
Railways:
routes, goods depots, motive power depots, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc
Parkland:
botanic gardens
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Ordnance Survey's
1887-9
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1887-9
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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