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Cheshire-Chester-1817

CBTM:
19333
Map Date:
1.10.1817
Repository reference:
Ches RO PM 15/3
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:
'Plan of Chester'.
Comments on map:
For George Ormerod, The history of the county palatine and city of Chester... (1817).
Scale:
1:9504
Map-maker:
Neele & Son, 352 Strand [eng], Lackington & Co., London [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
31.8 x 20.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
shown
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
watermills: 'Water Engine'.
Canals:
shown, basins/docks, warehousing
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, misc: Warehouse.
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Named Well.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls: [Walls with named towers].
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries, workhouses
Markets and exchanges:
trade halls: [Commercial Coffee House and Wool Hall].
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses, sports grounds: [Race-course inferred from 'chair' and 'distance chair'].
Woodland:
orchards
Known copies of map:
BL 1899.m.23, 193.g.1, G.7440-42, C.156.i.1, L.R.262.f.1, BOL G.A.Fol.A.316, Cheshire RO PM 15/3 [1817]; BL HLL942.71, TNA [PRO] Library [1882].
Industry:
engineering, food/drink, metallurgical processing, rope walk, timber, misc: Steam Mill, Snuff Mill; Cheese Warehouse; the Lead Works includes a Shot Tower, noted as 150 feet.
River and foreshore features:
sluices: [Sluice House].
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc
Borders:
decorative
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
New Crane.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
coffee houses: [Commercial Coffee House and Wool Hall].
Ordnance Survey's
1871-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898
1:2500
1:10,560
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