Lancashire-Accrington-1890 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19317

Map Date:

1890

Repository reference:

Accrington Library Local Studies C15/P5

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:

'Plan of the borough of Accrington in the county of Lancaster from actual surveys revised & completed to the present time by Wm. J. Newton, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., F.R.M.S., Borough Surveyor, Town Hall, Accrington, Jany. 1890.'

Comments on map:

Evidently an Ordnance Survey transcript, but with e.g. sans-serif used for industrial descriptions. Good quality: the 1905-6 impressions are equally sharp. Style imitates engraving.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

William J. Newton, Assoc. M.Inst.C.E., F.R.M.S. [author], S.O. Bailey & Co. Surveyors & Lithographers, Leeds Road, Bradford [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

55.2 x 66.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally: Numerous new streets are laid out: some are named.

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

fire stations, gas works, municipal depots, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Includes a Free Ch of England.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals: [Hospital Site: is Isolation Hospital by 1905].

Education and academic:

schools

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

township, Ward

Known copies of map:

Accrington Library Local Studies C15/P5 [1890], C15/P44 [1905], C15/P5, [1906].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, abbatoirs, uncertain, misc: Colliery Cinder Ovens; numerous Mills; undescribed Works.

Railways:

routes, earthworks, motive power depots, named, rails, passenger stations: [Locomotive Shed with rails [cp Exeter 19316]].

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

Conservative, Liberal, mechanics institutes

Extractive activity:

coal, quarries/pits

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: ['Arms of the mayor, aldermen & burgesses of the borough of Accrington'].

Cemeteries:

shown

Street tramways:

depots

Ordnance Survey's

1849

1:1056

1:10,560

1890-1

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560