Cheshire-Birkenhead-1850
CBTM:
19642
Map Date:
? 1850
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 2.b.7
Historic county:
Cheshire
Town name:
Birkenhead
Map type:
Highways
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SJ325890
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SJ 3590
Map title:
'Plan of docks and warehouses proposed to be made at Birkenhead in the county of Chester as designed by J.M. Rendel, F.R.S. etc. and sanctioned by Parliament in Sessions 1844, 1845 & 1847.'
Comments on map:
One of three maps at the back of Thomas Webster, Minutes of evidence on the Birkenhhead and Liverpool Dock Bills, Session, 1848. With plans showing state of works, Nov. 1850, London: Chapman & Hall, 1850; the other two are of Liverpool and Birkenhead docks. Presumably adequate for giving an idea of the extent of building?
Scale:
1:9900
Map-maker:
J. & C. Walker [eng].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
71.0 x 60.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
other: Works authorised and in progress, or not in progress.
Road names:
partly
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Water transport infrastructure:
docks
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 2.b.7, BOL G.A.Chesh.4o 5.
Industry:
chemicals, engineering, ship yards, textiles, misc: Gum Factory, Varnish Works, Smalt Works.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Parkland:
public parks
Waterbodies:
shown
Ferries:
ferry
Ordnance Survey's
1873-4
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898-9
1:2500
1:10,560
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