Cheshire-Wallasey-1890
CBTM:
19646
Map Date:
6.1890
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 1775 (5)
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:
'New plan of the District of Wallasey. Revised and corrected to the present time, June 1890.' ['June' looks an insert.]
Comments on map:
Similar to Exeter 19645 and 19647. Table of township acreages. BM RD (blue) 18 July 1890.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
E. Griffith, 'Caxton' Works, Birkenhead [author, pr, pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
69.3 x 51.5
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
water, boundaries: Colour-printed: register not very good.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
lighthouses, navigation aids, piers: Lifeboat; lighthouse is large pictorial.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, water works: Bore Hole for Additional Water Supply.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: [Fort, Battery].
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, misc: Home for Aged Mariners.
Education and academic:
schools
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds, recreation grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
township
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 1775(5), BOL C17:70 Wallasey (1), CUL Maps.54.89.2.
Industry:
bricks/tiles
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
'Section of the Water Supply, &c.', and 'Plan of the Wirral Railway System, existing and projected.' [rather a lot of the latter].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Reference system:
squaring: 0.25-inch: origin at Public Offices, Egremont.
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1878
1:2500
1:10,560
1898
1:2500
1:10,560
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