Lancashire-Burnley-1841 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20076

Map Date:

1841

Repository reference:

Lancashire RO DDX 118/100/4

Historic county:

Lancashire

Town name:

Burnley

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SD840325

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SD 7629

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Burnley, in the county of Lancaster. Shewing all the property within the Police circle, new building ground, and the proposed line of railway through the same. From an actual survey, made in 1841, by Horatio Merryweather, Land Surveyor, Burnley.'

Comments on map:

To right of scale is: 'Note. Copies of the large Plan of Burnley, or any part with particulars, may be had at the Office of the Surveyor at a reasonable charge.' Two enlargements of detail. Striking lack of 'public buildings'. Writing descriptions across hatched and cross-hatched building infill does not aid legibility.

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

Horatio Merryweather, Land Surveyor, Burnley [sv], Job, Brothers, & Co. Zincos. London.' [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

104.3 x 77.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown, wharf, other: Boat Yard, Aqueduct with earthworks.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Chapels by name rather than denomination: Mount Pleasant Chapel, etc.

Defence and military:

barracks

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets: With notable Stone.

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

township, misc: Police limit (circular).

Known copies of map:

Lancashire RO DDX 118/100/4 [original], SRL/D3 [reduced version].

Industry:

engineering, food/drink, uncertain, textiles: [Textiles includes Print Works].

Railways:

projected or otherwise unbuilt lines

Gardens:

shown

Miscellaneous:

Extensive use of sans-serif, e.g. for building names.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Three views of houses at corners: Royle, Bank Hall, Towneley.

Relief:

shown partially

Borders:

decorative

Extractive activity:

coal, quarries/pits

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Old Warehouse.

Arms and heraldry:

misc: Adjoin the vignettes, and probably of the families residing at the houses depicted.

Residual industrial land-use and waste:

relict industry: Old Brewery.

Garden and park buildings:

greenhouses: [Hot House].

Other land-uses & land-cover:

building ground: Extensive.

Ordnance Survey's

1848

1:1056

1:10,560

1890

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560