Cheshire-Birkenhead-1869
CBTM:
19644
Map Date:
6.1869
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 1766 (2)
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:
'Syers's ready reference & cab fare plan of Birkenhead, Seacombe, Egremont, New-Brighton, Liscard, Wallasey, Bidston, Oxton, Tranmere & Rock Ferry.'
Comments on map:
Similar to the Liverpool and Manchester examples.
Scale:
1:14,908
Map-maker:
Llewellyn Syers, 14a Water St, Liverpool [dr, lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
53.2 x 40.8
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
Buildings, boundaries: Symbols for churches and chapels (black oblong) and other public buildings.
Colouring:
other: Hexagons and notes on cab fares and stands.
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Mills:
windmills, (symbol): Circle-&-X: very modern-looking.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: [Rock Fort].
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
township
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 1766(2), BOL C17:70 Birkenhead(2).
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
public parks: Including Rhododendron Gardens, Bidston.
Service and professional:
banks
Road transport:
cab stands
Waterbodies:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Reference system:
other: 190 numbered hexagons.
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1873-4
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898-9
1:2500
1:10,560
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