Lancashire-Lancaster-1825 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19626

Map Date:

1825

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 16.a.16

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:

'...Map of the town and castle of Lancaster, from actual survey taken in the year 1821...'

Comments on map:

Lack of house names is noticable.

Scale:

1:2400

Map-maker:

Jonathan Binns, Surveyor, Lancaster [sv, pb], W.R. Gardner, Oxford St, London [eng], Jas. Gardner, 163 Regent St, London [pb], Ramshaw, Fetter Lane [pr].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

94.8 x 77.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown, other: Canal Office, Graving Dock.

Water transport infrastructure:

quays: Apparent mooring posts on quay.

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: A few pumps: one in St Marys Square is shown pictorially; 'Trough' outside 'Bath'.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: With Church Steps.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, misc: Judges Lodgg; steps and columns at front of town hall.

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries: [And 'Part of ancient Weary Wall' [cf Exeter 19625]].

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, dispensaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

township, misc: 'Ancient boundary of the Friarage land'.

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 16.a.16, Cheshire RO DWW 1/168, CUL Maps.c.68.82.5, Lancaster Pub Lib PL 1/6 (also at 1/7, 1/143-147, 195, 198), Lancashire RO, 2MC; Manchester Central Library 912.4272 L37, RGS Eng & Wales S.24, [1825]; BLML Maps 3165 (24) [photo].

Industry:

food/drink, ship yards, oil/soap etc, rope walk, furniture/pottery, textiles: [Numerous slips (?) indicated in ship yards].

Gardens:

shown: Elaborate engraved ornament: easy to see what the Ordnance Survey was emulating a few years later.

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, misc: Billiard Room.

Antiquities:

20 reference numbers to archaeological remains and sites, and buildings with changed uses (e.g. 7, 'Formerly the Custom House').

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

(1) Top right: 'Speed 1610', complete with scale of pases and the reference, and the arms and 'Lancaster'; this is not only 'sealed' to the paper with the Duchy of Lancaster arms, but also by two wafers, which are shaded where they 'underlie' the paper (either the ultimate 'gimmick', or else a triumph of engraving, according to one's taste); (2) bottom left: 'Front view of the Gateway Tower; (3) bottom right: 'View of Lancaster from the North East'. [(2) and (3) are engraved by George Cooke from sketches by Jonn. Binns].

Relief:

slopes shown

Borders:

decorative

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Ruins of the old bridge.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown: Also 'Scite of ancient foot road'.

Crosses:

M

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

'Horse Shoe Corner', with horse shoe.

Arms and heraldry:

dedicee of map, municipal: [Dedicee being the Duchy of Lancaster: cf Exeter 19625].

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

kennels

Cemeteries:

shown: 'Church Yard'.

Residual industrial land-use and waste:

relict industry: Ancient Ship Yard.

Dedicee of map:

King George IV, Duke of Lancaster, etc, etc, etc.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1845

1:1056

1:10,560

1890-1

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560