Warwickshire-Birmingham-1860
CBTM:
20388
Map Date:
? 1860
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 5545 (3)
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:
'Map of Birmingham, from the latest Ordnance Survey published for the proprietors of the Corporation Directory by William Cornish, 40, New Street.'
Comments on map:
Dating from BLML 1967 published catalogue. Suburban detail looks rather like an enlargement from Ordnance Survey 1:63,360.
Scale:
1:10,080
Map-maker:
D. Smith [dr, eng], William Cornish, 40 New Street, Birmingham [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
55.5 x 41.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial), (unspecified type): Smethwick mill is pictorial.
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative: Much of the descriptive text for public buildings and churches is pretty illegible.
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 5545(3) [1860]; BLML Maps 5545(20) [1870].
Industry:
misc: Proof Ho.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations: The 'viaduct' line is shown as on the Granger map [Exeter 20387], running to a Goods Station north of Curzon St.
Parkland:
botanic gardens, private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown
Monuments:
statues: [Nelson Statue].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1887-9
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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