Lancashire-Bolton-1824 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19283

Map Date:

[1824]

Repository reference:

Manchester Central Library LS S (Acc.45749)

Historic county:

Lancashire

Town name:

Bolton

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SD718095

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SD 7508

Map title:

'Bolton.'

Comments on map:

Stated to be surveyed in 1824 for 'Baines Lancashire'. Scales of both chains and yards.

Scale:

1:9504

Map-maker:

Geo. Piggot, Bolton [sv], Sidy. Hall, Bury Strt. Bloomsbury [eng], W. Wales & Co., Castle St, Liverpool [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

24.6 x 17.7

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown, wharf

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, fire stations

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative: [Shows both town hall and proposed site for new town hall].

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

dispensaries, workhouses

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

township

Known copies of map:

Bolton Archives, CUL 6.82.7, Lancashire RO SRL/A21, DP 175, Manchester Central Library S; Sheffield Archives WWM MP67); TNA [PRO] T72/8 (with MS extensions); BLML Maps 54.b.33, BOL G.A.Lancs 4o 354, CUL 6.96.564 [book at 475.4.c.95.35-], Lancashire RO SRL/A21 [E.J.Morton, 1969]; BOL C17:3 d.5 [1978: Hendon Pub.]; BOL (E)C17:70 Bolton (15) [1992: T.H.C.L.Books].

Railways:

projected or otherwise unbuilt lines: Intended Rail Road, dotted [is that to Leigh].

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top left: what is presumably looking along the market place to the parish church.

Borders:

decorative

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1847

1:1056

1:10,560

1889-90

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560