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Warwickshire-Birmingham-1896

CBTM:
21428
Map Date:
[1896]
Repository reference:
BL 010351.I.3
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:
[On map:] 'Birmingham', [bottom centre:] 'Plan of Birmingham.'
Comments on map:
In The official guide to the Great Western Railway, London, Cassell, 1897 [BM receipt 30 De 96 blue], f.p. 290. Only included on grounds of completeness. Apparently photo-engraved, possibly by Walker & Boutall: see Exeter 19026-9, e.g. Bottom left: 'The Official Guide to the Great Western Railway', bottom right: 'Cassell & Company, Limited, London'. Monochrome: printed in sepia. (Some other tipped-in maps in sepia in this volume were lithographed by Wyman & Sons.)
Scale:
1:38,016
Map-maker:
Cassell & Company, Limited, London [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
20.3 x 13.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
incompletely shown
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
BL 010351.i.3.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations: Great Western lines accentuated with crossbars.
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, libraries/newsrooms
Miscellaneous:
Another curiously-compiled map. One wonders if anyone was expected to use it on the ground.
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
banks: [A few outlying ones].
Waterbodies:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only: [An outlying one].
Ordnance Survey's
1887-9
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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