Warwickshire-Birmingham-1894 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18658

Map Date:

[1894]

Repository reference:

RGS Library

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:

'Plan of Birmingham'.

Comments on map:

In J.H.F. Brabner (ed), The comprehensive gazetteer of England & Wales, London: William Mackenzie, 6 vols, ? 1893-5. The county maps are by F.S. Weller, but there is no indication that he was responsible for the urban maps, or who printed them: the style suggests Stanford as the printer, but whoever was responsible did a good clean job (better than one would expect from G.W. Bacon). There is also a map of London, at about 1:100,000, which nonetheless fits in a number of street and road names. Indeed, the general style of lettering is rather fine, and some is not very easy to read with ordinary eyesight.

Scale:

1:25,344

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

27.9 x 23.7

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, land-use: Parks & cemeteries.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown, wharf

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, principal Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BL 2367.d.3, RGS Library

Industry:

misc: Small Arms Factory.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground: Boat houses shown on Edgbaston Pool.

Waterbodies:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Stated measuerments:

other: Water surface level in Edgbaston Pool.

Ordnance Survey's

1887-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560