Cheshire-Macclesfield-1838 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19258

Map Date:

1838

Repository reference:

Manchester Central Library ff912.4271.M1

Historic county:

Cheshire

Town name:

Macclesfield

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SJ918737

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SJ 9276

Map title:

'Plan of the borough of Macclesfield in the parish of Prestbury in the county of Chester comprising the township of Macclesfield and such parts of the townships of Sutton and Hurdsfield, as are included in the Parliamentary borough.'

Scale:

1:4752

Map-maker:

James Cawley, Surveyor [pb], R.A. Leighton & Co., 13 Rathbone Place, Oxford St [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

168.5 x 88.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours

Colouring:

boundaries: [Omitted from copy recorded].

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly, outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown: Both old and new routes (not so described) are 'To Buxton'.

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

township, Ward, boundary markers: [Meer Stone].

Known copies of map:

Cheshire RO EEM 166, Manchester City Library ff912.4271 M1 [misdated 1831], Stockport A/1338.

Industry:

chemicals, timber, misc: Steam Mills; several dye works, but no explicit mention of the silk industry.

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Pasted on: uncaptioned lithograph (in fact town hall and St Michaels church).

Extractive activity:

coal

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [Lion with wheatsheaf and motto].

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1870

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896-7

1:2500

1:10,560