Cheshire-Birkenhead-1900 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20019

Map Date:

? 1900

Repository reference:

Cheshire RO DGR/D/56

Historic county:

Cheshire

Town name:

Wallasey, 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 Birkenhead and Wallasey'.

Comments on map:

Undated, and may be substantially post-1900, but has pre-1923 railway names (including Great Central, i.e. post-1897). Includes 'Tranmere Bay Development'.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

Kelly's Directories, 182-184 High Holborn, W.C. [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

62.3 x 85.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

altitude information

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, piers, misc: Landing Stages, Warehouses, Lairages.

Sanitary and utility information:

electricity works, gas works, rubbish destructors, pumping stations, reservoirs, water works: [Water Wks Engine Ho].

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, drill halls: [Fort].

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, workhouses, misc: Naval League Training Home, Home for Aged Mariners, Home for the Aged.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges: 'C.S.' is presumably Council School, a post-1902 indicator.

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds, misc: Fair Ground and Tower at New Brighton.

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Ward

Known copies of map:

Cheshire RO DGR/D/56.

Industry:

ship yards, oil/soap etc, misc: Chain & Anchor Testing Works.

Railways:

routes, sidings, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

allotments

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks: With Bandstands.

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

sports, yacht, boat, unspecified: [Institutes, Yacht Club, Wirral Ladies Golf Club].

Monuments:

Monuments

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Ferries:

ferry

Towers:

tower

Cemeteries:

shown

Street tramways:

depots

Miscellaneous religious group:

Convent.

Stated measuerments:

spot heights

Ordnance Survey's

1873-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1898-9

1:2500

1:10,560