Lancashire-Lancaster-1800 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22384

Map Date:

[1800]

Repository reference:

BL 290.i.33

Historic county:

Lancashire

Town name:

Lancaster

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SD476618

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SD 4662

Map title:

'Plan of Lancaster'.

Comments on map:

In John Housman, A topographical description of Cumberland, Westmoreland, Lancashire, and a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Carlisle: Jollie, London: Law, Clarke, f.p. 393.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

McIntyre [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

12.2 x 15.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Blocks only.

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Known copies of map:

BL 290.I.33, BOL Gough Cumberland 8 [1800: in J. Housman, A topographical description of Cumberland]; BL 10360.ff.22(1), G.15967 [1802]; BL 291.c.8 [1808]; BL 10349.c.10(2) [1814]; BL 10358.bbb.22 [1816]; BL 577.c.56 [1817].

Industry:

rope walk, timber

Ordnance Survey's

1845

1:1056

1:10,560

1890-1

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560