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Worcestershire-Worcester-1900

CBTM:
20894
Map Date:
? 1900
Repository reference:
Worcestershire RO BA 5403/21
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:
'Littlebury's map of the city of Worcester.'
Comments on map:
Large advertisement for the publisher at the bottom of the map. BL directory version is 1894: telephone numbers suggest this is a little later.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
Littlebury & Company, The Worcester Press, Worcester [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
46.5 x 65.5 [overall: map 45.0 x 49.0].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
misc.: Commandery.
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Trinity House.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Known copies of map:
BL PP.2508.mid [1894]; Worcestershire RO BA 5403/21 b.009:1 [? c.1900].
Industry:
engineering, food/drink, paper/print, furniture/pottery, textiles, misc: [Lea & Perrins Sauce Works], Carriage Works.
Railways:
routes, earthworks, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
industrial owners
Clubs and societies:
Conservative, Liberal, Freemasons, misc: Victoria Institute, Worcestershire Club, Worcestershire Ladies Club, Union Club.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Towers:
tower: [Edgar Tower].
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1886
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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