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Warwickshire-Birmingham-1872

CBTM:
22887
Map Date:
1872
Repository reference:
Cambridge University Library Maps.bb.18.G.99
Historic county:
Warwickshire
Town name:
Birmingham
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SP 067868
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SP 0888
Map title:
'Street map of the town of Birmingham, 1872. Published by order of the Council.'
Comments on map:
Quite different from the 1:7920 of 1873 [Exeter 20207].
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
W.S. Till, Borough Surveyor [author], T. Underwood & Co., Sct, Birmm. [eng].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
41.7 x 36.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Shaded blocks only: in central part many buildings emphasised but not described.
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, mental, workhouses, misc: Magdalen Asylum, Licensed Victuallers Asylum.
Education and academic:
schools
Known copies of map:
CUL Maps.bb.18.G.99.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms, baths/spa
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks
Waterbodies:
shown
Monuments:
Monuments, statues: [Attwood and Sturge statues, Nelson Monument].
Cemeteries:
shown
Miscellaneous religious group:
Convents.
Ordnance Survey's
1887-9
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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