Lancashire-Ashton-under-Lyne-1824
CBTM:
19278
Map Date:
[1824]
Repository reference:
Manchester Central Library LS S (Acc.45753)
Historic county:
Lancashire
Town name:
Ashton-under-Lyne
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SJ940990
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SD 9701
Map title:
'Ashton under Line.'
Comments on map:
Stated to be surveyed in 1824 for 'Baines' Lancashire'.
Scale:
1:6732
Map-maker:
J. Atkinson [sv], Sidy. Hall, Bury Strt, Bloomsby. [eng], W. Wales, Castle Street, Liverpool [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
24.4 x 16.4
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown, wharf
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, misc: Old Hall.
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover, orchards
Known copies of map:
BOL, CUL 6.82.7, Lancashire RO SRL/A.21; BLML Maps 54.b.33, CUL 6.96.564 [book at 475.4.c.95.35-] [E.J. Morton, 1969] G.A.Lancs.4o 354, Lancashire RO SRL/A.21 [in facsim, pub E.J. Morten, Didsbury, 1969]; BOL C17:3d.5 [facsim, in Compendium of old maps of the counties Palatine of Lancaster and Chester, Hendon Pub Co, 1978]; Chetham Blue Box 'C' Press, Lancashire Maps, Group C
Gardens:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top right: what is evidently the market cross and parish church.
Relief:
prominent hills
Borders:
decorative
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Ordnance Survey's
1849-50
1:1056
1:10,560
1874
1:1056
1:10,560
1891-2
1:1056
1:10,560
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