Cheshire-Wallasey-1851
CBTM:
20081
Map Date:
1851
Repository reference:
Lancashire RO LSR/P03
Historic county:
Cheshire
Town name:
Wallasey
Map type:
Health Hazard
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SJ295925
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SJ 3590
Map title:
'A map of the parish of Wallasey, in the county of Chester, comprising the townships of Wallasey, Liscard & Poulton-cum-Seacombe 1851.'
Comments on map:
In Robert Rawlinson, Report... on... the sanitary condition of... the township of Poulton-cum-Seacombe..., London: HMSO, 1851, f.p.1. Probably a derivative from the tithe map, via Exeter 20019, etc. Scale in yards, chains and furlongs.
Scale:
1:12,672
Map-maker:
Day & Son, Lithrs. to the Queen [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
57.5 x 48.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
other: 'X Site of the Nuisance complained of in the Petition'.
Road names:
fragmentary
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Water transport infrastructure:
wharfs, misc: Life Boat House.
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: 'Site of the Nuisance complained of in the Petition'.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals: [Fort].
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
township, misc: Commissioners' boundary.
Known copies of map:
Lancashire RO LSR/P03.
Industry:
engineering, stone/builders' yards, metallurgical processing, timber, misc: Starch Works, Smalt Works; Timber and Building Yards in Birkenhead.
Railways:
routes
Waterbodies:
shown
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Ferries:
ferry
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Other land-uses & land-cover:
sand hills
Ordnance Survey's
1878
1:2500
1:10,560
1898
1:2500
1:10,560
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