Cheshire-Chester-1851
CBTM:
20024
Map Date:
? 1851
Repository reference:
Cheshire RO PM 15/14
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:
'Pullan's pictorial plan of Chester, city walls and race-course.'
Comments on map:
Includes some descriptive letterpress. Combines pictorial buildings on their sides (so that some are upside down) with street names: clear, and usable as a street map. Dated 1851 by Cheshire RO. Evidently wood engraving plus letterpress. Reference to 125 notable buildings, etc, but several of these, including the railway station and the shot tower, are off the map.
Scale:
1:3168*
Map-maker:
C. Branston, London [eng], Pullan [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
56.0 x 44.5 [map 45.3 x 38.8].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
misc: Quayside evident by moored ships; Pleasure Boat Stations ('Mrs Aikman's, in the Groves' Gardens, is the rendezvous of the Chester Royal Rowing Club.').
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, police, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial): Named towers on walls.
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses: With pictorial stand, distance markers, etc.
Known copies of map:
BL 10360.bb.19, Cheshire RO PM 15/4.
Railways:
routes, named, misc: With pictorial viaduct being crossed by a train.
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc, museums, ice-skating
Service and professional:
banks, newspaper offices
Antiquities:
Remains of Roman Bath, House wherein Charles I slept.
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners: [Inn landlords ('Old Nag's Head Inn
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown: All shrubs, no graves.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Ordnance Survey's
1871-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898
1:2500
1:10,560
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