Cheshire-Birkenhead-1855 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22500

Map Date:

[1855]

Repository reference:

BL 10351.b.59

Historic county:

Cheshire

Town name:

Birkenhead

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SJ 325890

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SJ 3590

Map title:

'The town and docks of Birkenhead.'

Comments on map:

F.p. 234 of Hugh Gawthrop, Fraser's guide to Liverpool and Birkenhead, London: Kent, Liverpool: Fraser, n.d. [1855].

Scale:

1:9900

Map-maker:

Fraser, Draftsman [? dr].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

24.3 x 13.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Ordinary buildings solid black, named ones hatched.

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, misc: Warehouses, Great Float.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only: Named in gothic.

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

uncertain: Unexplained boundary in park.

Known copies of map:

BL 10351.b.59, CUL Ll.16.107 [in H. Gawethorp, Fraser's Guide to Liverpool].

Railways:

routes, earthworks, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Parkland:

public parks

Waterbodies:

shown

Miscellaneous transport-related:

- Weighing Machine.

Ferries:

ferry

Tenement boundaries group:

incomplete: Erratic.

Ordnance Survey's

1873-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1898-9

1:2500

1:10,560