Cheshire-Altrincham-1852 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19291

Map Date:

1852

Repository reference:

Trafford Local Studies Library [unnumbered]

Historic county:

Cheshire

Town name:

Altrincham

Map type:

Sanitary

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SJ768881

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SJ 7893

Map title:

'Detail plans of the township of Altrincham, surveyed for the purposes of the Local Board of Health 1852, by Charles E. Cawley, Mem.Inst. C.E. &c &c Manchester.'

Comments on map:

15 sheets plus title. Lithographer only appears on the litho sheets; the manuscript original is signed bottom right by the surveyor. There is an accompanying manuscript reference, with number on plan, 'Description of Land or Premises', 'Mode of Cultivation', quantity (a.r.p.), 'Owners or Reputed Owners', occupiers, 'Remarks': cultivation can include 'Pasture', 'Arable', ----. It includes several numbers which don't appear on this map. Not a good source for house names: all the detached villas, etc, which might be expected to have them have only 'house & garden', etc.

Scale:

1:528

Map-maker:

Charles E. Cawley, civil engineer, Manchester [sv], George Falkner, King St, Manchester [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

86.5 x 58.5 [overall], 86.7 x 55.8 [within neat lines] [x 16].

Number of parts:

16

Legends:

general legend: At bottom of conventional flourishing title: SG, KS, S, CP, o, WC, WC [line under: 'Overhead'], WC [line over: 'sunk'], WH, Cn [underlined = Overhead, overlined = Sunk], RS [Rain Spout], St, CH, CoH, GH, [T] bm, LP, L. Distinguishes 'brick' and 'wooden' buildings and 'stone' paving or flagging and 'Macadam or ballast': 'Garden ground' is by 'bushes', and there is no indication of the use of fine horizontal ruling, as on the map.

Colouring:

Buildings, roads, land-use: This refers to the litho version on which a few outlying areas are left uncoloured, and on which 'brick houses and buildings' are carmine, 'wooden buildings and sheds' light sienna over black dashes, 'stone paving and flagging' light blue and 'macadam or ballast' (light sienna/yellow). Not mentioned is hreen houses. The manuscript map adds blue for water, and uses two shades of emerald green for gardens: the lighter shade might possibly be for vegetable plots.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

fragmentary: Although presumably far more were named

Buildings:

masonry distinguished, archways, glazed areas, steps to buildings, walls: Horizontal blue rulings for glazed roofs.

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown: Including a Floating Chapel [sheet 15].

Sanitary and utility information:

fire stations, public lavatories, sanitary hazards, misc: Gas Office, Urinal [on sheet 7: it looks as though about 1 ft square], Pumps.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: No interiors. On sheet 15 there is a Floating Chapel (infilled brown, no dashing) on the canal.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, misc: County Court Office.

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

township

Known copies of map:

Trafford [in map chest: loose MS original, bound litho copy].

Industry:

smithing, timber, abbatoirs

Railways:

routes, earthworks, goods depots, level crossings, named, turntables, platforms, rails, passenger stations, misc: Switches, signal lamp; roof supports for platform canopies indicated at Altrincham station, which also has Stone Yard and Coal Yard.

Gardens:

shown: Ornamental with 'bushes'; other (?market: large) by black broad-spaced horizontal ruling. Garden paths and Rockery shown. On an extensive scale, the 'bushy' garden ornament looks more like uncultivated land: see 1554 and 1557 on sheet 2.

Waterbodies:

shown

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Miscellaneous service buildings:

Bake Ho.

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Weighing Machine.

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

cow-keeping, pounds/pinfolds: [Shippon].

Miscellaneous street furniture:

Mileage from St Anns Square [Manchester]; the mileages along the turnpike road go in thirds of a mile: see sheets 6 and 15.

Garden and park buildings:

summer houses

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown: On sheet 6, the Old Pear Tree Tavern has Old Pear Tree Gardens attached.

Stated measuerments:

bench marks, basement levels, spot heights: 'The Levels are given from a Datum 52 feet below the Bench Mark on the Plinth of Broad Heath Bridge.'

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1874

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897

1:2500

1:10,560