Warwickshire-Warwick-1900
CBTM:
20921
Map Date:
? 1900
Repository reference:
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust DR 758/7/21
Historic county:
Warwickshire
Town name:
Warwick
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SP282649
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SP 3169
Map title:
'Spennell's directory map of the borough of Warwick.'
Comments on map:
Dated c.1900 in Shakespeare Birthplace Trust list, which seems reasonable: style is reminiscent of the Stephens & Mackintosh, etc, family of advertising maps.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
R. Spennell, Church St, Warwick [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
30.7 x 24.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings: Ordinary ones infilled grey, notable ones red.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses, sports grounds
Known copies of map:
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust DR 758/7/21.
Industry:
uncertain: Mill.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, museums, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Gates.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
Liberal, misc: County Club, Constitutional Club, Nelson Club.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1887
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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