Cheshire-Birkenhead-1888 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20050

Map Date:

1888

Repository reference:

Wirral Archives B/801/10a-b

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:

'Broom's Plan of the Borough of Birkenhead, and suburbs. 1888. Specially revised and corrected to the present time.'

Comments on map:

Below title is date of incorporation (13 Aug 1877), 1881 and estimated 1888 populations, and list of mayors.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

Broom & Walmsley, Town Hall Works, Birkenhead [lith, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

80.0 x 51.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, piers, misc: Landing place for Cattle, Cattle Sheds, moored training ships.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

drill halls

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

Wirral Archives B/801/9a-b [area of application for electric lighting], B/801/10a-c [area for proposed boundary].

Industry:

misc: Galvanising Works.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

public parks

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

yacht, boat: [Yacht Slip and yacht club].

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Street tramways:

routes shown: Routes by annotation rather than by symbol.

Other land-uses & land-cover:

misc: Birkenhead Agricultural Grounds.

Stated measuerments:

spot heights: To O.1 ft.

Ordnance Survey's

1873-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1898-9

1:2500

1:10,560