Warwickshire-Birmingham-1892
CBTM:
21452
Map Date:
[1892]
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 33.a.5
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:
Plate 52 in John Bartholomew (ed), Black's Handy Atlas of England & Wales, London: Black, 1892. Included on grounds of consistency only. [The Bartholomew Printing Record [in National Library of Scotland, Map Library], records that 2600 copies of this atlas were printed on 21 March 1892.]
Scale:
1:26,677
Map-maker:
John Bartholomew & Co. [author, pr], A. & C. Black, London [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
24.5 x 18.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, water, land-use: Open spaces green.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Uncased buildings: numerous smaller public buildings, etc, not named.
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
incompletely shown
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
blind, deaf & dumb, hospitals, mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 33.a.5.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks
Waterbodies:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Miscellaneous religious group:
Nunnery.
Ordnance Survey's
1887-9
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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