Cheshire-Chester-1860
CBTM:
20025
Map Date:
? 1860
Repository reference:
Cheshire RO PM 15/17
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:
'Pictorial plan of Chester.'
Comments on map:
Not readily dateable: style suggests not much later than c.1860. A more sophisticated map than Pullan [Exeter 20024], with buildings 'right way', but street names and layout clearly legible. Table of historical events: ends in 1645. Willis's name appears round the vignette in the title.
Scale:
1:5940
Map-maker:
? W. Willis [dr, eng], Catherall & Pritchard, Chester [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
59.5 x 45.0 [overall: map 41.0 x 30.0].
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
water, general highlighting of district: Faded sienna or yellowy ground-tint.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Almost all buildings, etc, except for the Rows are pictorial.
Canals:
shown: With barges.
Water transport infrastructure:
boat houses, misc: Cheese Stages, The Crane; Rowing club boathouse.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, misc: Young Men's Association.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses, sports grounds: Racecourse has pictorial grand stand.
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
BOL C17:70 Chester (6), Chester City RO [Cheshire RO?] (incomplete photocopy), CUL Maps.d.54.85.1 [McGahey's New Chester Guide, 1853]; CUL Maps 54.85.2 [1858: H.Roberts]; BLML Maps 28.a.76 ['1860']; Cheshire RO PM 15/17 [n.d., Catherall & Pritchard, Chester (pub)], Cheshire RO PM 15/16 [n.d.: Prichard & Roberts' New Chester Guide: 16 vignettes round map].
Industry:
ship yards, misc: Snuff Mills.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Roman Bath, Anchorites Cell.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Round map: 28 vignettes of notable buildings; in title: vignette of river looking downstream to city.
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits: Not pictorial.
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Modest quantity of people and vehicles in streets, pictorial boats in river.
Cemeteries:
shown: Both shrubby and gravey.
Retail activity:
limited range: Catherall & Pritchard, Booksellers.
Street tramways:
routes shown
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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