Liverpool-1870
CBTM:
19482
Map Date:
? 1870
Repository reference:
Liverpool RO Hf 912 1870
Town name:
Liverpool, Birkenhead
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SJ342905
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SJ 3691
Map title:
'Philip's plan of the town and port of Liverpool with Birkenhead and the adjoining Cheshire coast. By J. Bartholomew Jr. F.R.G.S.'
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
J. Bartholomew jr [author], Philip [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
55.7 x 48.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills, (unspecified type)
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, misc: Graving Docks; Lock Tower, Landing Stages, Tobacco and other warehouses.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: [Forts].
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Licensed Victuallers Institute, Night Asylum for Houseless Poor.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Known copies of map:
No.120 in E. Kay Farr list. BLML 3200 (15), BOL J.Maps 77, CUL Maps.c.68.87.1, Maps.c.68.87.2 [with street index], Liverpool RO Hf 912 1870 [flat], H 912 1870 [folded] [EKF-L.120]; CUL Atlas.5.88.3 [1881: pb Letts: in Popular Atlas]; BLML 3200 (18) [1885.c: Blake & Mackenzie (pb): advertizing guide]; BLML Maps 17.c.4, BOL C17 b.11, RGS 10.F.4 [1899: Newnes [pb], pl 60 in The Royal Atlas of England & Wales.
Industry:
food/drink, glass, ship yards, furniture/pottery
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks
Service and professional:
banks
Clubs and societies:
Freemasons, learned societies, trade and livery company halls: [The heading 'Concert halls &c' in the reference includes 'freemasons'].
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Monuments:
Monuments: [Various, including Victoria and Albert].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Reference system:
squaring
Towers:
clock tower
Cemeteries:
shown: Catacombs and three varieties of chapel in Anfield Cemetery.
Ordnance Survey's
1873-4
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898-9
1:2500
1:10,560
1847-8
1:1056
1:10,560
1864
1:1056
1:10,560
1888-90
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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