Cheshire-Chester-1805 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18400

Map Date:

1.12.1805

Repository reference:

RGS 7.E.7

Historic county:

Cheshire

Town name:

Chester

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SJ405665

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SJ 4166

Map title:

'Chester.'

Comments on map:

For The Beauties of England & Wales and The British Atlas comprising a complete set of county maps, of England and Wales with a general map of navigable rivers and canals; and plans of cities and principal towns, London: Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, Longman, Faden, etc, 1810.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

G. Cole [dr], J. Roper [eng], E.W. Brayley [dir].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

23.4 x 18.4

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Canals:

shown, basins/docks, warehousing

Water transport infrastructure:

wharfs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs

Defence and military:

town walls, misc.: Water Tower.

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, trade halls: [Old and New Linen Halls].

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses, sports grounds

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 11.b.3, BLML Maps 1755(3), BOL C17 c.5, Cheshire RO PM 4/2, also PM 15/1, RGS 7.E.7; BL 10360.aaa.30 [1822, pub Seacombe]; TNA [PRO] T72/8 [this has had all the marginalia and decoration removed, and forms the centre of an extended plan]; BL 2368.bb.21, BOL G.A.Chesh.4o 71 [1829: in Joseph Hemingway, History of the city of Chester, I, 1831]; Cheshire RO PM 4/21, Manchester City Library 942.71 C21 [1829]; Cheshire RO PM 15/8 [1836, pub Seacombe]; Cheshire RO PM 15/9 [1843, pub Seacombe]; BL 10350.a.17, BOL G.A.Cheshire 8O 8, CUL Maps.c.54.85.1 [map], Ll.19.44 [book] [1852, pub Seacombe]; BOL C17 d.31 [1970: Brian Stevens]; BOL G1./ C16.6 [1992: in Ashley Baynton-Williams, Town and city maps of the British Isles 1800-1855, London: Studio Editions, 1992].

Industry:

engineering, food/drink, lime/cement, rope walk, textiles, misc: Shot Tower, Snuff Mills, Steam Mill.

River and foreshore features:

sluices: [Sluice House].

Gardens:

shown: Include 'Nuns Gardens'.

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom right: bridge, old wall and towers, with wagon trundling along.

Arms and heraldry:

ecclesiastical, municipal

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1871-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1898

1:2500

1:10,560

1871-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1898

1:2500

1:10,560

1871-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1898

1:2500

1:10,560