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Warwickshire-Birmingham-1863

CBTM:
20389
Map Date:
1863
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 5545 (5)
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:
'Post Office map of Birmingham 1863.'
Comments on map:
For Kelly's Directory.
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
B.R. Davies, 16 George St, Euston Sq, London [dr, eng], Kelly & Co. Post Office Directory Offices, 18 to 22 Old Boswell Court, W.C. London [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
60.8 x 42.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, mental, workhouses, misc: Asylum.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Ward
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 5545(5) [1863]; BLML Maps 5545(19) [1865]; Shakespeare Birthplace Trust ER23/13/7 [1868].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, engineering, uncertain, misc: Works; Wire Works, Proof Ho.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations: Engine House; the 'viaduct' line is shown as running to and stopping at the London & North Western Railway main line.
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown
Monuments:
Monuments, statues: [Mon't, Nelsons Statue].
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
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