Worcestershire-Worcester-1887 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19036

Map Date:

[1887]

Repository reference:

RGS Library

Historic county:

Worcestershire

Town name:

Worcester

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO851547

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SO 8853

Map title:

'Worcester.'

Comments on map:

In K. Baedeker, Great Britain ... handbook for travellers, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, and London: Dulau, 1887, f.p. 178, 2nd edition, 1890, f.p. 184, 3rd edition, 1894, f.p. 182, 4th edition, 1897, f.p. 184. [Text is by J.F. Muirhead: see p.v.]

Scale:

1:23,000

Map-maker:

Wagner & Debes Gegl. Estabt. Leipsic [? dr, pr], [Karl Baedeker, Leipsic, Dulau & Co., London [pb]].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

9.9 x 14.8

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, roads: Both buildings and road casings are on brown plate.

Road names:

generally: Small ones not named: 'crammed' for the scale.

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, water works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries: [The Commandery].

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries, orphanages, workhouses

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses: With Grand Stand.

Known copies of map:

BL 10108.d.13, 10108.ccc.15 [1887]; BL 10109.aa.3 [1890]; BL 10108.d.30 [1894]; BL 10108.ddd.30 [1897]; RGS library [in K. Baedeker, Great Britain ... handbook for travellers, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, and London: Dulau, 1887, f.p. 178, 2nd edition, 1890, f.p. 184, 3rd edition, 1894, f.p. 182, 4th edition, 1897, f.p. 184].

Industry:

furniture/pottery

Railways:

routes, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

museums, ice-skating

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Reference system:

squaring: 2.20 cm squaring.

Ordnance Survey's

1886

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560