Lancashire-Accrington-1863 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19320

Map Date:

1863

Repository reference:

Accrington Library Local Studies

Historic county:

Lancashire

Town name:

Accrington

Map type:

Utility

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SD760287

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SD 8132

Map title:

'Accrington Local Board of Health plan of the town of Accrington, County of Lancaster. Public Works Act, 1863.'

Comments on map:

Transcript by W. Holmes, Feb. 1988: location of original uncertain, but librarian suggests that it could still be at Accrington Town Hall. Scale suggests a 1:528 companion (but cf Exeter 19317). Note top right that the plan is same as that referred to in order of Poor Law Board of 5 Sept 1863: another note by the title says 'L24,200 P.Impt Loan'.

Scale:

1:2640

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

84.0 x 59.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

water, land-use, other: Roads to be sewered, paved & flagged under Public Works (Manufacturing Districts) Act are red; proposed sewers blue; streets in red are 'town expansion plans'; proposed market place green.

Road names:

generally: Including some of the planned streets.

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

shown

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, misc: [Most of the reservoirs are not 'sanitary']; proposed sewers blue.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Education and academic:

schools

Woodland:

shown: [Tinted: authentic?].

Known copies of map:

Accrington Library Local Studies.

Industry:

chemicals, textiles, uncertain: Mills.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, rails, passenger stations, misc: Viaduct arches.

Waterbodies:

shown

Extractive activity:

coal

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1849

1:1056

1:10,560

1890-1

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560