Warwickshire-Birmingham-1900 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22226

Map Date:

? 1900

Repository reference:

BOL C17:70 Birmingham (25)

Historic county:

Warwickshire

Town name:

West Bromwich, Handsworth, Aston, Birmingham, Smethwick

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SP067868

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SP 0888

Map title:

'Bacon's new plan of Birmingham, Aston Manor, Handsworth & Smethwick...'

Comments on map:

Dated 1890 in Bodleian card-index: typography of title suggests a decade later, and has code 55M20 bottom right. Appears to be straightforward derivative of Ordnance Survey 1:10,560. Engraving sometimes suggests Bartholomew on a very-off-day.

Scale:

1:19,945

Map-maker:

G.W. Bacon & Co., 127 Strand, London [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

68.7 x 63.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

electricity works, fire stations, gas works, pumping stations, reservoirs, misc: Compressed Air Power Co.'s Works.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, magazines/arsenals, rifle ranges

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, blind, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses, misc: Magdalen Asylum & Refuge.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges: [Including 'B.S.'].

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds, recreation grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Ward

Known copies of map:

BOL C17:70 Birmingham (25) [dated '1890'].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, uncertain, misc: Works; Mint, Manure, munitions, Fireworks, umbrellas.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations, industrial tramways/waggonways: Includes the 'ghost' line, complete.

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

public parks

Service and professional:

banks

Antiquities:

Supposed Roman Camp.

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

mechanics institutes, Oddfellows, working mens

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Reference system:

distance circles, squaring: Both 0.5-mile.

Cemeteries:

shown

Residual industrial land-use and waste:

relict extraction: Disused collieries.

Street tramways:

depots

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

out-of-town inns only

Ordnance Survey's

1886-8

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1887-9

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1885

1:2500

1:10,560

1885-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1885-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560