Warwickshire-Birmingham-1900
CBTM:
22889
Map Date:
? 1900
Repository reference:
Cambridge University Library Maps.89.90.4
Historic county:
Warwickshire
Town name:
Birmingham
Map type:
Miscellaneous
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SP 067868
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SP 0888
Map title:
'Map of the cycle trade in Birmingham.'
Comments on map:
Gives locations of over 180 premises: some are evidently manufacturers, but unclear if some are retailers. Letterpress alphabetical list, keyed to spiral, so one looks along it, from 1 at centre to 180 at extremes, plus some letter suffixes. Dated as c.1900 in CUL cards: advertises G. Douglas Leechman, Registered Patent Agent, and 'Cycle, tyre, and autocar specialist'. Top left: 'Reprinted by permission from The Cyclist Year Book'.
Scale:
1:21,120*
Map-maker:
G. Douglas Leechman, 9 Exchange Chambers, New St, Birmingham, etc [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
48.5 x 51.0 [overall: map 48.5 x 37.2].
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
other: Cycle trade locations blue: some of Leechman's announcement is red.
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Those buildings which are shown are mostly unnamed.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Known copies of map:
CUL Maps.89.90.4 ['c.1900']; BOL C17:70 Birmingham (23) ['1902'].
Industry:
misc: Cycle trade.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1887-9
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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