Lancashire-Bolton-1876 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21357

Map Date:

1876

Repository reference:

CUL Maps 68.87.1

Historic county:

Lancashire

Town name:

Bolton, Farnworth

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SD718095

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SD 7508

Map title:

'Plan of the Borough of Bolton and neighbourhood. By John Bartholomew F.R.G.S. Prepared for and issued with the Post Office Bolton Directory. 1876.'

Comments on map:

Seems to be a straightforward transcription (presumably revised) from Ordnance Survey 1:10,560, without any altitude information.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

J. Bartholomew [author, eng, pr], Tillotson & Son, Publishers, ''Evening News'' Office, Bolton [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

52.0 x 80.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative: Including Poor Law Off., County Town Hall [sic].

Defence and military:

drill halls

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

recreation grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

misc, areas named (no boundaries shown): Parliamentary boundary. Townships named: no boundaries shown.

Known copies of map:

BOL C17:70 Bolton (3), CUL Maps 68.87.1.

Industry:

chemicals, engineering, paper/print, textiles, uncertain: Mills.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, libraries/newsrooms, misc: Co-Operative Hall.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

mechanics institutes, misc: Church Institute.

Extractive activity:

coal, quarries/pits

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1847

1:1056

1:10,560

1889-90

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560