Warwickshire-Birmingham-1900 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22229

Map Date:

? 1900

Repository reference:

BOL C17:70 Birmingham (17)

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:

Streets and not very much else. Dated 1900 in Bodleian card-index.

Scale:

1:13,500*

Map-maker:

Midland Educational Company Ltd. Birmingham & Leicester [pr, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

57.0 x 45.3

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries, transport: Railways.

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:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

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

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

recreation grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

Ward, misc: City.

Known copies of map:

BOL C17:70 Birmingham (17).

Industry:

misc: Mint.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations: Includes the 'ghost' line, complete.

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