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Cheshire-Chester-1823

CBTM:
22503
Map Date:
1823
Repository reference:
BL 578.h.9
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 the city and liberties of Chester. With recent additional buildings. 1823.'
Comments on map:
F.p. 13 in J.H. Hanshall, The history of the county palatine of Chester, Chester: the author, 1817. [Thus engraved title: dedication in following letterpress is dated 1823.]
Scale:
1:5940
Map-maker:
J. Pigot, Manchester [eng].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
33.5 x 28.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries: Ward boundaries: noted that do not show 'the division of Parishes'.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
watermills
Canals:
shown, basins/docks
Water transport infrastructure:
wharfs, misc: Cheese Warehouse.
Sanitary and utility information:
water works
Places of Worship:
cathedral/principal church only, misc: St John's.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
trade halls: [Linen Hall].
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses, sports grounds: With Grand Stand, various Chairs.
Public/administrative boundaries:
Ward
Known copies of map:
BL 578.h.9, BOL G.A.Chesh.4o 62 [in J.H. Hanshall, The history of the County Palatine of Chester].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, stone/builders' yards, metallurgical processing, rope walk, textiles, timber, misc: Snuff Mill.
River and foreshore features:
river embankments, misc: Salmon Weir.
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls
Antiquities:
City Wall.
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Above references, bottom left: Bridge Gate.
Relief:
cliffs
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Two pictorial vessels, end-on, in river by unnamed quay.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Tenement boundaries group:
less built-up parts only
Ordnance Survey's
1871-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898
1:2500
1:10,560
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