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Warwickshire-Coventry-1879

CBTM:
20864
Map Date:
1879
Repository reference:
Coventry City Archives 895/5
Historic county:
Warwickshire
Town name:
Coventry
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SP335790
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SP 3480
Map title:
'Plan of Coventry by E.J. Purnell Jun. Surveyor 1879'.
Comments on map:
Right-hand part of this copy torn away: reference to public buildings, etc, is missing from this copy.
Scale:
1:6000
Map-maker:
E.J. Purnell, Junr, Surveyor [author], Robt. J. Cook & Hammond, Lith., Broadway, Westminster [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
65.0 x 50.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries, R: Footpaths, proposed roads.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Frontages only.
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Markets and exchanges:
auctions, markets: [Cattle Sale Gd].
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Parish, Ward, misc: Poll Divisions.
Known copies of map:
Coventry Archives 895/5.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
shown
Waterbodies:
shown
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Proposed roads.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1888-9
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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