An antique plan which was published in "Plans of Birmingham and Vicinity, Ancient and Modern" in 1884. 'The above Plans were copied, printed and several of them reduced, by order of the Public Works Committee of the Town Council of the Borough of Birmingham, from Plans in the Public Offices and others lent by several Gentlemen. It shows the canal from Wolverhampton and the South Staffordshire coalfields that was completed in 1769. A text box in the top left hand corner of the map is principally copied from that of Samuel Bradford’s Plan of Birmingham 1750 but adds information on the current population and housing, changes to the Fairs, the two new chapels, the two theatres and the Birmingham Canal.
Approx 59cms by 41cms.
