Cheshire-Stockport-1899 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19900

Map Date:

15.2.1899

Repository reference:

BL PP.2508.iow

Historic county:

Cheshire

Town name:

Stockport

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SJ895900

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SJ 8691

Map title:

'Map of Stockport'.

Comments on map:

In The Stockport Directory, 1899, Stockport: New Cheshire County News Company Limited [1899], f.p.14. On thin quaisi-India paper (about 50 gsm), with '15/2/99' bottom left: BL RD is 16 Fe 99 blue. Sans-serif writing and omitting of 'ordinary' buildings should make for clarity, but this seems to have been over-reduced.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

New Cheshire News Co. Ltd, Wellington St, Stockport [pr, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

41.7 x 52.8

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, internal revenue

Defence and military:

drill halls: Volunteer Armoury.

Welfare and charitable:

deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Working Mens Institute.

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds, recreation grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

Ward

Known copies of map:

BL PP.2508.iow.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, museums, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks, newspaper offices

Clubs and societies:

mechanics institutes, unspecified

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1849

1:1056

1:10,560

1873

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1893

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1896-7

1:2500

1:10,560