Cheshire-Runcorn-1853 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

15324

Map Date:

? 1853

Repository reference:

Cheshire RO LUR 53

Historic county:

Cheshire

Town name:

Runcorn

Map type:

Sanitary

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SJ512830

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SJ 5381

Comments on map:

Reference sheet plus 52 sheets: no title sheet or author. Unusually, numbering is NE-SW. Map covers whole township, though at least half the sheets are rural. [The last folder has Ordnance Survey 1:10,560 of late 1930s, with the sheet lines added.]

Scale:

1:528

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

96 x 67 [x 55] [34.0 x 23.7 inches within neatlines].

Number of parts:

53

Legends:

general legend: Reference: SG, Sewer Grates; KS, Kitchin Sink; S, Sink Stones; V, Ventilators; CP, Cess Pools; o, Privvy; WC, Water Closets; WC [underlined], Do Overhead; WC [overlined] Do Sunk; WH, Wash House; WS, Water Supply; Cn, Cistern; Cn [overlined], Do Sunk; RS, Rain Spout; DB, Dust Bin; St, Stable; CH, Coach-house; GH, Green-house; A, Area; A [overlined], Area Sunk; A [underlined], Area Raised; B.M. + arrow, Bench Mark; Gas Pipes shown thus [blue line]; Drains [red line]; Boundaries of Halton [yellow]; Brick Houses and Buildings [carmine], Wooden Sheds and Outhouses [biscuit, and same with black dashes]; Stone Paving and Flagging [grey]; Macadam or Ballast [sienna]; Garden Ground [green with flowerbed effect].

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, boundaries, land-use, utilities

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

shown, archways, stables/coach houses, glazed areas, steps to buildings: [Barn].

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Canals:

shown, offices

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, navigation aids, misc: Slop, Capstan, Bell, Cranes.

Sanitary and utility information:

drains, gas works, gas mains, municipal depots, reservoirs, sanitary hazards: Reservoirs with bottom and surface heights. Abbreviations: SG [Sewer Grates], KS [Kitchin Sink], S [Sink Stones], V [Ventilators], CP [Cess Pools], o [Privvy], WC [Water Closets], WC [underlined] [Do Overhead], WC [overlined] Do Sunk], WH [Wash House], WS [Water Supply], Cn [Cistern], Cn [overlined] [Do Sunk], RS [Rain Spout], DB [Dust Bin], St [Stable], CH [Coach-house], A [Area], A [overlined] [Area Sunk], A [underlined] [Area Raised.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

stocks

Education and academic:

schools

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

township

Known copies of map:

Cheshire RO LUR 53.

Industry:

engineering, food/drink, stone/builders' yards, lime/cement, ship yards, oil/soap etc, rope walk, furniture/pottery, textiles, warehousing, timber, abbatoirs, misc: Coal Yard.

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa

Antiquities:

'Castle Rock' [in gothic].

Waterbodies:

shown

Commons:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Office, Shop [unclear what types these are].

Garden and park buildings:

greenhouses

Stated measuerments:

bench marks, basement levels, spot heights, other: All to 0.1 ft; 233.3 ft contour [on top of hill: odd]. 'The levels are given from B.M. of the Parliamentary Dock, Datum 20 feet below sill of Lock. The Red Figures on the houses denote the level of the lowest floor.'

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1874

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897

1:2500

1:10,560