Lancashire-Bury-1840
CBTM:
19209
Map Date:
1840
Repository reference:
Bury Archives PMX
Historic county:
Lancashire
Town name:
Bury
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SD804108
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SD 8011
Map title:
'Plan of the borough of Bury in the county of Lancaster. 1840.'
Comments on map:
No evidence of purpose, but the 'reference' bottom centre is rather suggestive of commercial published mapping. However, it is noticably less detailed than Exeter 19210.
Scale:
1:1584
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
122.0 x 99.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme, boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories: [Dungeon: evidently a lock-up].
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
ecclesiastical districts
Known copies of map:
Bury Archives PMX.
Leisure and entertainment:
misc: Working Man's Hall
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1847
1:1056
1:10,560
1889-90
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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