Warwickshire-Birmingham-1889 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20391

Map Date:

? 1889

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 5545 (9)

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:

'The City Map

Comments on map:

BM RD 23 Sep 1889 blue.

Scale:

1:14,400*

Map-maker:

Midland Educational Company Limited, Birmingham & Leicester [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

57.3 x 45.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries, transport: Railways.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, pumping stations, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

blind, deaf & dumb, hospitals, mental, workhouses, misc: Asylum.

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

recreation grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Ward

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 5545 (9), CUL Maps.89.88.4.

Industry:

misc: Small Arms Factory, The Mint.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations: 'Viaduct line' shown running to and joining London & North Western Railway.

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks

Waterbodies:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1887-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560