Warwickshire-Birmingham-1870
CBTM:
22225
Map Date:
1870
Repository reference:
BOL C17:70 Birmingham (8)
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:
'Monumental plan of Birmingham 1870'.
Comments on map:
This seems to belong with something else: cf 'numbered advertisements', which are not present. Letterpress list of wards, public buildings, churches and schools, bottom right.
Scale:
1:7920*
Map-maker:
H.A. Biermann, Newhall Street [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
59.5 x 45.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
advertising, other: 'The red numbers correspond with the numbers on the advertisement...', black numbers indicate public buildings.
Colouring:
water, boundaries, land-use: Parks green; pink obtained by ruled red, green by ruled blue on yellow: register not perfect, but quite effective.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: All buildings pictorial.
Canals:
shown
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
blind, deaf & dumb, dispensaries, hospitals, mental, workhouses, misc: L. Vctls Asylm.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
Ward
Known copies of map:
BOL C17:70 Birmingham (8).
Industry:
misc: Proof House.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations: Includes the 'ghost' line, complete.
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
botanic gardens
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Conventional sub-leafy background to title.
Clubs and societies:
unspecified
Monuments:
Monuments, statues
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Crosses:
cross, named: [Aston Cross].
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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