Lancashire-Liverpool-1720 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19260

Map Date:

? 1720

Repository reference:

Manchester Central Library LS ff.912.4272.L6, fol.2

Historic county:

Lancashire

Town name:

Liverpool

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SJ342905

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SJ 3691

Map title:

'A mapp of Leverpoole 1720'.

Comments on map:

Only clue to provenance is 'Sold by Jno. Post Engraver', bottom right. Obviously derived from Chadwick [Exeter 19262].

Scale:

1:6336*

Map-maker:

Jno. Post [eng, pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

15.5 x 15.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Unnamed pictorial buildings are town hall and custom house: see Exeter 19261.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Known copies of map:

[EKF-L.17]: Liverpool RO (P & SP: Maps), Manchester Central Library LS ff.912.4272.L6, fol.2.

Industry:

rope walk

Ordnance Survey's

1847-8

1:1056

1:10,560

1864

1:1056

1:10,560

1888-90

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560