Warwickshire-Birmingham-1866
CBTM:
20944
Map Date:
[1866]
Repository reference:
Warwickshire RO [open access]
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:
In Black's Warwickshire Guide, Edinburgh: Black, 1866, f.p.8. [The preface refers to 'several new Charts and Views' being added to this edition [there was an earlier one in 1857, also at Warwickshire RO], of which this is presumably one, and the Leamington map, Exeter 19017, another.] Admitted for reasons of consistency, despite the scale falling outside our range.
Scale:
1:33,000
Map-maker:
J. Bartholomew, Edinr [author], A. & C. Black, Edinburgh [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
19.5 x 15.2
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
important roads only
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
deaf & dumb, hospitals, mental
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
Warwickshire RO [open access] [1866: Warwickshire, fp.8]; Warwickshire RO [open access] [1872: Warwickshire, fp.8]; Warwickshire RO [open access] [1881, Warwickshire: fp.8 [reprinted Bakewell, Country Books, n.d., ?late 1990s]; Warwickshire RO [open access] [1887: Warwickshire, ed 7, fp.8]; Warwickshire RO [open access] [1892: Warwickshire, ed.8].
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown
Cemeteries:
shown
Miscellaneous religious group:
Nunnery.
Ordnance Survey's
1887-9
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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