Map of Leicester, including the County House of Correction, Braunston Gate and Great Holme Street with the River Soar and the Great Union Canal, an enlarged plan on a scale of 2 chains to the inch or 42 inches to the mile. Size 73 by 43 cm. On good quality paper. One of a series of plans and sections for a London to Manchester Railway by Rennie, Rastrick and Remington printed and published by Arrowsmith 1845. Some hand colouring. A detailed map that is possibly on a larger scale than any Ordnance Survey map of the period. VG condition.