Cheshire-Chester-1855 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22502

Map Date:

? 1855

Repository reference:

BL 10360.b.17

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:

'New illustrated plan of the ancient city of Chester.'

Comments on map:

At end of The Chester guide and handbook to Eaton Hall, London: Groombridge, n.d. [BL catalogue says 1855]. Brid's eye view rather than strictly in plan: Eaton Hall on horizon.

Scale:

1:6000*

Map-maker:

Evans & Gresty, Engravers, Chester [eng].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

41.2 x 30.3 [map: 59.0 x 47.8 overall].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: All buildings aerial-oblique.

Canals:

shown: With pictorial barges.

Water transport infrastructure:

misc: Cheese Stage, Sluice House.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively, (pictorial)

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, magazines/arsenals, town walls, (pictorial): Named towers; castle noted as with 50,000 arms: soldiers on parade.

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries, workhouses, misc: Young Men's Association [sic].

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, trade halls, markets: [Linen Hall].

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses: With Grand Stand and pictorial horses exercising. Note on racecourse that Royal Agricultural Meeting held there, 1851.

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BL 10360.b.17.

Industry:

paper/print, misc: Snuff Mills; only print-works is Evans and Gresty, not pictorial.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations, misc: Pictorial westbound train entering viaduct.

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls

Antiquities:

King Edgar's Cave, monastic remains; residence of Charles I during siege; some buildings, etc, dated.

Clubs and societies:

mechanics institutes

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Round map: fourteen views of buildings, &c; at bottom of map: Eaton Hall, East Front.

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Pictorial shipping in river, steamboat and rowing IV on upper river, and horse-drawn traffic on roads.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [Above title].

Cemeteries:

shown: A few gravestones, lots of vegetation.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Stated measuerments:

other: Heights of shot tower and of some church towers; dimensions and cost of Grosvenor Bridge; length of city walls; length of new suspension bridge.

Ordnance Survey's

1871-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1898

1:2500

1:10,560