Cheshire-Chester-1821
CBTM:
18828
Map Date:
? 1821
Repository reference:
Cheshire RO PM 15/4, TNA [PRO] T72/8
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:
'A plan of the city of Chester'.
Comments on map:
In Geo. Battenham jr, The Stranger's Companion in Chester, Chester: Geo. Batenham, n.d. [at end].
Scale:
1:10,560*
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
16.6 x 14.0 [Cheshire RO copy is full plate, 18.5 x 15.6, on paper 30.0 x 23.5].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Canals:
shown
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses: With starting and distance chairs, and ? posts on south-west alongside river.
Known copies of map:
CUL Maps.c.54.81.1 [map], Ll.19.47 [book] [1819]; BL 10351.a.61(1) [1821]; BL 10360.aaa.29; Cheshire RO PM 15/4 [1823]; BL 10350.aaa.34(1) [1827]; BL 10360.aaa.35(1) [1830]; BL 10360.aaa.36(1) [1833].
Gardens:
shown: Including Nuns Gardens.
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Service and professional:
banks
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Ordnance Survey's
1871-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898
1:2500
1:10,560
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