Cheshire-Birkenhead-1899
CBTM:
20018
Map Date:
8.1899
Repository reference:
Cheshire RO P86/16/12
Historic county:
Cheshire
Town name:
Birkenhead
Map type:
drink
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SJ 325890
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SJ 3590
Map title:
'Drink-map of Birkenhead.'
Comments on map:
'Corrected to August, 1899.' Base-map red, with black overprint and letterpress. Includes 'Analysis of licenses' by ward and population (301 licenses for 113,094 people, 1 to 376), analysis of tied houses by brewery, 'views of the Royal Commission on Liquor Licensing Laws as to the EXCESSIVE NUMBER OF LICENSED HOUSES AND THE EFFECT.'
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
E. Griffith & Son, Engineering Lithographers, Birkenhead and Liverpool [author, pr, pb], The Birkenhead Vigilance Committee, 13 Hamilton Square, Birkenhead [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
75.3 x 59.7
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
licensed premises
Colouring:
other: Base-map red, with black overprint and letterpress.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, lighthouses, piers, wharfs
Sanitary and utility information:
fire stations, gas works, pumping stations, reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Ward
Known copies of map:
Cheshire RO P.86/16/12.
Industry:
engineering
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Antiquities:
Priory.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
yacht, boat: [Yacht Club Slip].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown: Various types of licence: Full (black spot), On-Beer (black square), Off-Beer (black triangle), Shop Licence (cross).
Stated measuerments:
spot heights, other: Reservoir elevation.
Ordnance Survey's
1873-4
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898-9
1:2500
1:10,560
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