Warwickshire-Leamington-1841
CBTM:
20924
Map Date:
9.1841
Repository reference:
Leamington Library 1841/1
Historic county:
Warwickshire
Town name:
Leamington
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SP318659
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SP 3169
Map title:
'Plan of the Royal Leamington Spa by F.P. Watson. survr.'
Comments on map:
Intended for Beck's guide book: Leamington Library has a run of editions from 1840 to 1859 (only some with a map).
Scale:
1:7920
Map-maker:
F.P. Watson [author], R. Moody, 14 Cannon St, Birmingham [lith, pr], J. Beck, Regent St, Leamington [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
38 x 49
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
watermills
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
areas named (no boundaries shown): Two adjoining parishes named, but no boundaries shown.
Known copies of map:
Warwickshire RO CR 351/1084 [1841]; Leamington Library 1841/1 [photo]; BOL G.A.Warw.4o 296 [1842/1978: endpapers in John H. Drew, The Book of Leamington Spa, Buckingham: Barracuda Books, 1978]; Warwickshire RO M.B.Lea.1857 [1857].
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, libraries/newsrooms, misc: Old Well.
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only, misc: Waterloo Boarding House.
Ordnance Survey's
1887
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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