Cheshire-Birkenhead-1899
CBTM:
20049
Map Date:
1899
Repository reference:
Wirral Archives B/801/15
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:
'Map of the borough of Birkenhead & the districts of Wallasey, Bidston, Rock Ferry, &c; 1899. Specially surveyed and corrected to the present time for Gore's Directory of Liverpool.'
Comments on map:
Not very legible in built-up parts: definitely different plate from Exeter 20019.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
Kelly's Directories Limited, 182 to 184, High Holborn, London, W.C. [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
91.3 x 46.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, piers, misc: Landing Stages.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, pumping stations, reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, drill halls: [Fort].
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Education and academic:
observatories
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
township
Known copies of map:
Lancashire RO [open access] [1898]; Wirral Archives B/801/15 [1899]; Cheshire RO L.2216 [not found, 2:7:02] [1900].
Industry:
engineering, ship yards, oil/soap etc
Railways:
routes, named, rails, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
aquariums, theatres, etc
Parkland:
public parks
Waterbodies:
shown
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Other land-uses & land-cover:
misc: Girls Summer Camp.
Ordnance Survey's
1873-4
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898-9
1:2500
1:10,560
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