Cheshire-Chester-1885 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23363

Map Date:

[1885]

Repository reference:

BL 10028.ccc.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:

[Letterpress, outside frame:] 'Plan of City of Chester.'

Comments on map:

F.p. 32 of A handbook for travellers in North Wales, Fifth Edition, London: Murray, 1885. The map may be from either a photo-engraved or a cerographic block.

Scale:

1:15,840

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

13.5 x 9.1 [block: 13.5 x 9.5 with title].

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

transport: Tramways.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown, basins/docks

Water transport infrastructure:

boat houses, wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, drill halls

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses, sports grounds: With Grand Stand.

Known copies of map:

BL 10028.ccc.9.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Antiquities:

City Walls, Water Tower.

Waterbodies:

shown

Monuments:

statues

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Notable houses.

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