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Warwickshire-Birmingham-1896

CBTM:
20392
Map Date:
? 1896
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 3.a.80
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:
BM 18 Nov 1896 blue. Includes letterpress street index.
Scale:
1:20,375
Map-maker:
John Bartholomew & Co., Edinr. [author], [cover only: W.H. Smith, 186 Strand, London [pb]].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
57.7 x 49.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Colouring:
boundaries, land-use: Open spaces green, boundaries red, muncipal area 'pink', areas outside 'light green'.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Welfare and charitable:
blind, deaf & dumb, mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
recreation grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Ward
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 3.a.80 [1896: issued by W.H. Smith]; Coventry Archives, Warwickshire RO [open access] [1899: in Murray's handbook, fp 30, 38, 40]; BLML Maps 17.c.4, BOL C17 b.11, RGS 10.F.4. [1899: Newnes [pb]: pl 52 in The Royal Atlas of England & Wales]; BLML Maps 2.aa.55 [1900].
Industry:
misc: Gun Factory, Proof Ho.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, motive power depots, named, passenger stations: Coal Depot: 'viaduct line' shown running to and joining London & North Western Railway.
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, museums, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Monuments:
statues: [Peel Stat.].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Reference system:
squaring: 1-mile.
Cemeteries:
shown
Stated measuerments:
spot heights: One, near southern edge.
Ordnance Survey's
1887-9
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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