Cheshire-Chester-1896 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21429

Map Date:

[1896]

Repository reference:

BL 010351.I.3

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:

[On map:] 'Chester', [bottom centre:] 'Plan of Chester.'

Comments on map:

In The official guide to the Great Western Railway, London, Cassell, 1897 [BM receipt 30 De 96 blue], f.p. 306. Only included on grounds of completeness. Apparently photo-engraved, possibly by Walker & Boutall: see Exeter 19026-9, e.g. Bottom left: 'The Official Guide to the Great Western Railway', bottom right: 'Cassell & Company, Limited, London'. Monochrome: printed in sepia. (Some other tipped-in maps in sepia in this volume were lithographed by Wyman & Sons.)

Scale:

1:14,908

Map-maker:

Cassell & Company, Limited, London [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

20.3 x 13.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, water works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

BL 010351.i.3.

Industry:

metallurgical processing

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations: Great Western lines accentuated with crossbars.

Parkland:

public parks

Ordnance Survey's

1871-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1898

1:2500

1:10,560