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Lancashire-Lancaster-1824

CBTM:
19284
Map Date:
[1824]
Repository reference:
Manchester Central Library LS S [Acc.?)
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
Comments on map:
Stated to be surveyed in 1824 for '''Baines Lancashire'''. A much more refined depiction than Clark, 1807 [Exeter 19054].
Scale:
1:4800
Map-maker:
J. Atkinson [sv], Franks & Johnson [eng], W. Wales & Co., Castle Street, Liverpool [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
25.1 x 17.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
quays
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
dispensaries, hospitals: [Evidently almshouses].
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
BOL (E)C17:70 Lancaster (1), CUL 6.82.7, Lancaster Pub Lib PL 1/184-188 (5 copies), Lancashire RO SRL/A21, DP 175; Manchester Central Library 'S'; Preston-Harris; BLML Maps 54.b.33, BOL G.A.Lancs.4o 354, CUL 6.96.564 [book at 475.4.c.95.35-], Lancashire RO SRL/A21 [E.J.Morton, 1969]; BOL CI7L3 d.5 [1978: Hendon Publishing]; BOL (E)C17:70 Lancaster (15) [1992: T.H.C.L. Books].
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Service and professional:
banks
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top left: the castle.
Borders:
decorative
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Ruins of old Bridge.
Crosses:
misc: Covel Cross.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Ordnance Survey's
1845
1:1056
1:10,560
1890-1
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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