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Warwickshire-Birmingham-1860

CBTM:
20387
Map Date:
? 1860
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 5545 (4)
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:
'Granger's map of Birmingham.'
Comments on map:
Dated c.1860 by BLML 1967 catalogue: certainly post-1854 (includes New St station). Only attribution information is in the vignettes.
Scale:
1:12,000
Map-maker:
Jas. Granger, Islington [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
63.0 x 41.0 [overall: map 46.0 x 33.0 maximum].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, blind, deaf & dumb, mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges: Very few: includes Hebrew National School.
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
Ward
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 5545 (4), Birmingham Central Library.
Industry:
misc: Proof Ho.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations: New St station is 'Central' on both map and in vignette; the 'viaduct' line is shown running to a Goods Depot north of Curzon St.
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
botanic gardens
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
Oddfellows, learned societies
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Round map: eighteen large vignettes of notable edifices.
Monuments:
Monuments
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1887-9
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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