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Cheshire-Birkenhead-1890

CBTM:
19645
Map Date:
6.1890
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 1775 (3)
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 borough of Birkenhead shewing the new railways, various wards, public offices, places of worship, levels, &c.'
Comments on map:
Includes 'Key plan', showing whole of Wirral, including the new Wirral Railway line under construction [including original direct approach to Birkenhead]. Similar to Exeter 19646-7. Stated to be corrected to June 1890: BM RD (blue) 18 July 1890.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
E. Griffith & Son, 'Caxton' Works, Birkenhead [author, pr, pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
57.3 x 75.3
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
water, boundaries, Reference system: Colour-printed: register not very good.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills: [Old Windmill].
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, misc: Warehouses, Cattle Stage.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, pumping stations, reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
drill halls
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds: [Numerous, some with pavilions].
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 1775(3), BOL C17:70 Birkenhead(1), CUL Maps.54.89.5 [1890]; Wirral Archives B/801/14a-e [1899].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, abbatoirs: [Abattoir is evidently a large one].
Railways:
routes, motive power depots, named, passenger stations, projected or otherwise unbuilt lines: Dock lines; authorised Direct Wirral Railway Line [not built] as pecked line.
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
public parks
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
yacht, boat
Relief:
shown partially: [Bidston Hill: outside mapped area proper].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Reference system:
squaring: Red squaring, not figured, stated to be 0.25 mile each from town hall.
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Street tramways:
termini
Stated measuerments:
spot heights: Heights above Ordnance Datum, circled (to avoid confusion with reference numbers to public buildings, etc).
Ordnance Survey's
1873-4
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898-9
1:2500
1:10,560
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