Lancashire-Horwich-1874 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

15853

Map Date:

? 1874

Repository reference:

Bolton Archives AH/8/2

Historic county:

Lancashire

Town name:

Horwich

Map type:

Sanitary

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

SD636117

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SD 5906

Comments on map:

Dated 1874 in catalogue: sheet 2 only of ?3; rather battered. Later streets have been added, and cut across scale, and are not mapped in as much detail as the original work.

Scale:

1:528

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

103 x 100 [x ? e.3]

Number of parts:

3

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use, utilities

Building names:

house numbers

Buildings:

shown, steps to buildings

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, water works: Water mains in blue with diameters of mains in inches, Well.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Known copies of map:

Bolton Archives AH/8/2 [1 sheet only of ?3].

Industry:

textiles

Railways:

earthworks, rails, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown

Waterbodies:

shown

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Stated measuerments:

other: Water main diameters.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1845-7

1:10,560

1892

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560