Lancashire-Lancaster-1877 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19923

Map Date:

1877

Repository reference:

Lancaster Library PL 1/10-13

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 the town and castle of Lancaster, including part of the townships of Scotforth and Skerton, in the county of Lancaster by Harrison & Hall, Land Agents, Architects, Surveyors, &c. Lancaster 1877 (Survey made 1875-1876. Engraved & published, 1877.)'.

Comments on map:

Record made from good photocopy of slightly damaged original. Reference includes acreage, dates of erecting notable buildings, and lists of churches and public buildings; boxes at bottom of map give population and number of burgesses in each ward in 1876-7.

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

Harrison & Hall, Land Agents, Architects, Surveyors, &c. Lancaster [sv, ? pb], Alexr Macgregor, Lithographer to the Queen, Liverpool and Manchester [eng, pr].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

117 x 96

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown: 'Toll Ho' only.

Mills:

watermills

Water transport infrastructure:

misc: Timber Float.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, misc: Judges Lodgings.

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, mental, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

CUL Maps.18.G.81, Lancaster Pub Lib PL 1/10-13 (also 1/139-142), Lancashire RO SRL/C.

Industry:

chemicals, engineering, stone/builders' yards, textiles, timber, uncertain, misc: Mills, Coal Yards, Paint Works, Carriage Works.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, rails, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

mechanics institutes

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top right: John O'Gaunt's gateway, Lancaster Castle; general view of town and castle.

Commons:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1845

1:1056

1:10,560

1890-1

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560