Cheshire-Birkenhead-1844
CBTM:
19275
Map Date:
1844
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/329; Manchester Central Library LS ff.912.4272.L6, fol.4 [Birkenhead]
Historic county:
Cheshire
Town name:
Birkenhead
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SJ325890
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SJ 3590
Map title:
'Plan of the township or chapelry of Birkenhead in the county of Chester, shewing the latest additions & improvements, with proposed docks, 1844.'
Comments on map:
Possibly a source for Exeter 19274, as the industry, etc, are very similar.
Scale:
1:4752
Map-maker:
James Law [author], Maclure, MacDonald & MacGregor, Lithographers, Draftsmen & Engravers, Liverpool [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
97.7 x 72.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 1775(1), Birkenhead Library BC.III 246, BOL (E)C17:70 Birkenhead(6), Cheshire RO PM 18/6, CUL Maps.c.54.84.1, CUL Maps 54.84.1, Manchester City Library ff912.4272 L6, TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/329, Wirral Archives B/801/2.
Industry:
engineering, lime/cement, metallurgical processing, ship yards, misc: Smalt Works, Gum Works, Varnish Factory.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Parkland:
public parks
Antiquities:
Abbey.
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown
Waterbodies:
shown
Dedicee of map:
'The Commissioners' [presumably the town commissioners].
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1873-4
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898-9
1:2500
1:10,560
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