Lancashire-Hindley-1840 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

04186

Map Date:

? 1840

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] IR 30/18/165

Historic county:

Lancashire

Town name:

Hindley

Map type:

Tithe

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SD620040

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SD 5906

Comments on map:

Scale is stated as 1 inch to '2 chains of 32 yards each' [i.e. Cheshire chains]: a later hand has crossed this out and queried it as 3 chains [1:2376].

Scale:

1:2376

Map-maker:

S. Williamson, Wigan [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Number of parts:

1

Building names:

shown

Buildings:

shown

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] IR 30/18/165, Wigan Archives.

Railways:

routes, industrial tramways/waggonways

Gardens:

shown: [Ornamental ones].

Waterbodies:

shown

Extractive activity:

coal

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1845-6

1:10,560

1888

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560