Lancashire-Bury-1843
CBTM:
19210
Map Date:
1843
Repository reference:
Bury Archives [framed, on display]
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:
'...Town of Bury from actual survey completed to the year 1843...'
Comments on map:
Recorded from quite recent reproduction, assumed to be at about 60 per cent of original size: scale and dimensions compensated accordingly.
Scale:
1:2376
Map-maker:
W. Benson [? sv], J. Crosland & Co., Fenchurch St, London [eng, pr].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
96.0 x 61.0
Number of parts:
2
Legends:
boundaries
Colouring:
boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown, wharf
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
township
Known copies of map:
Lancashire RO 3/MC/E/2, Manchester Central Library S [originals?]; Bury Archives [framed, on display], Bury Library [undated reduced-scale reproduction]; BOL G.A.Lancs 8o 1064 [in Margaret Gray, The history of Bury, Bury Times, 1970].
Industry:
chemicals, metallurgical processing, textiles, timber
Gardens:
shown
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Includes enlargement of site of Castle at Castle Croft, as a 'pinned on' sheet.
Borders:
decorative
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
ecclesiastical, livery companies, royal arms, uncertain: [In each corner: royal arms, Derby Arms [main landowner], rector, and unidentified].
Estate boundary ownership:
fragmentary: [Earl of Derby and other owners].
Dedicee of map:
Earl of Derby [the principal landowner].
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1847
1:1056
1:10,560
1889-90
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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