Warwickshire-Birmingham-1873
CBTM:
20207
Map Date:
1873
Repository reference:
Warwickshire RO CR 1966/41
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:
'Street map of the Borough of Birmingham published by order of the Council. William S. Till, Borough Surveyor. 1873.'
Comments on map:
Assembled from several plates: see e.g. join going vertically through New St station. Street index bottom right, with explanation of squaring.
Scale:
1:7920
Map-maker:
William S. Till, Borough Surveyor [author], Cooper & Rose, Coach Yard, Bull St, Birmingham [eng, pr].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
125 x 95
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
fire stations, gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Non-Anglican are usually 'Chapel'.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police, misc: Assay Office.
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
drill halls, misc.: Royal Engineers Office.
Welfare and charitable:
blind, deaf & dumb, hospitals, mental, workhouses, misc: Various asylums for licensed victuallers, etc.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
recreation grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, township
Known copies of map:
BOL C17:70 Birmingham (13), CUL Maps.89.87.2, Warwickshire RO C.R.1966/41 [1873]; BLML Maps 1.d.15 [1884: in Plans of Birmingham and vicinity, ancient and modern, Birmingham: Public Works Committee, Town Council, 1884]; Warwickshire RO C.R.1500/8/130 [1892: about 1:18,000].
Industry:
misc: Small Arms factories, Proof House.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, motive power depots, named, passenger stations: The incomplete viaduct now shown as a fenced-off area, without suggestion of rails.
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Magnetic data:
diagram, dated value
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
Freemasons, learned societies, unspecified, misc: Union Club, Midland Institute.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top left: plan of Birmingham Borough Cemetery.
Monuments:
Monuments, statues
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [In north pointer boss].
Towers:
clock tower: [In Aston].
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Stated measuerments:
other: Notes of highest and lowest points above mean sea level.
Ordnance Survey's
1887-9
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1887-9
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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