Cheshire-Birkenhead-1824 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19641

Map Date:

26.1.1824

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 1766 (3)

Historic county:

Cheshire

Town name:

Birkenhead

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SJ325890

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SJ 3590

Map title:

'Map of Birkenhead Estate in the County of Chester belonging to F.R. Price Esqr. January 1824. Survey'd May 1823 by W. Lawton.'

Comments on map:

Rather puzzling map: style postdates 1824, antedates 1894: could be 1850-ish. BM RD (yellow) 13 Ja 94: pencil note at bottom 'A modern impression from old plate ? date 1893'. All the colour is printed.

Scale:

1:4752

Map-maker:

W. Lawton [sv], Turner & Dunnett, Liverpool [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

114.5 x 70.3

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water, owners

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, quays: [Very small dock].

Places of Worship:

misc: Church Yard with Ruins [of church?].

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Wirral Archives B/805/2 (/3a is framed & kept at Refce Lib), Birkenhead Library BC.V 415 [showing land sold to Mr Laird], BLML Maps 1766(3) [all ?1893 version].

Railways:

industrial tramways/waggonways

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown incompletely

Waterbodies:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Hands point to road destinations: all rather rural-looking.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown, tea-gardens

Ordnance Survey's

1873-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1898-9

1:2500

1:10,560