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Guide_Large_scale_maps_of_Birmingham

MS Word document - Large Scale Maps of Birmingham

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title: MS Word document - Large Scale Maps of Birmingham

creator: John Townley (Author)

subject: Archive collections; Collections guides; Geography; Library collections; Map collections; Map archives; Maps; Plans; Research guides; Topography

description: Guide to following large scale (1:528 or larger) maps of the town (later city) of Birmingham : 1) John Pigott Smith’s 1:528 New Survey of Birmingham, 1855; 2) Richard Clarke’s 1:528 Rating Maps, c.1869 (based on the Pigott-Smith Survey above); 3) Ordnance Survey 1:500 Town Maps of Birmingham, 1887-9; 4) Charles Goad & Co's 1:440 Fire Insurance Maps of Birmingham City Centre, 1889-1959. Some of these map collections have been fully digitised and can be viewed on out Preservica Universal Access site or on the National Library of Scotland's online map resources (please see individual sections of this guide for more information). Total size of document: 7 pp. total.

identifier: Large Scale Maps of Birmingham

coverage: 2025

rights: Copyright: John Townley. This is a research guide, there are no copying restrictions.

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