Cheshire-Wallasey-1846 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20052

Map Date:

7.1846

Repository reference:

Wirral Archives W/801/13

Historic county:

Cheshire

Town name:

Wallasey

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SJ295925

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SJ 3590

Map title:

'Map of the parish of Wallasey, in the county of Chester, comprising the townships of Wallasey, Liscard and Poulton-cum-Seacombe, from surveys made for the commutation of the tithes. A.D.1841. Corrected to the present time, and including Birkenhead Docks now making for which Acts of Parliament were obtained in the years 1844 & 1845.'

Comments on map:

'John Palin, Christleton, July 1846', bottom left. Includes Birkenhead docks and adjoining streets. The Wirral Archives copy has been annotated to show 12, 9, 6, 4 and 3-inch rising mains. [A tracing from the tithe map, W/801/10b, notes Palin as of Dee Cottage, Hawarden.]

Scale:

1:6336

Map-maker:

John Palin, Christleton [sv], George J. Poore, Lithographer & Stationer, 42 Castle St, Liverpool [lith, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

94.3 x 94.5

Road names:

fragmentary: Patchy coverage in more built-up parts.

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, misc: Life Boat House.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals: [Rock Fort].

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, township

Known copies of map:

BOL (E)C17:20(44), Wirral Archives W/801/13 [original]; Wirral Archives W/801/11a-b [modern transcript].

Industry:

engineering, metallurgical processing, misc: Starch and Smalt Works.

Railways:

routes

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown: [Small owners in more built-up parts evidently not named].

Waterbodies:

shown

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Ferries:

ferry

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1878

1:2500

1:10,560

1898

1:2500

1:10,560