Lancashire-Liverpool-1765
CBTM:
19454
Map Date:
1765
Repository reference:
Liverpool RO Hf 912 1765
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:
'...plan of Liverpool, Survey'd in June 1765...'
Scale:
1:2376
Map-maker:
John Eyes [sv], Thomas Kitchin [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
79.7 x 61.2
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, quays: Numerous ships in docks. Unlike Exeter 19455, this includes 'intended dock'.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
customs: [Shows both Custom House, Old Custom House].
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
orchards
Known copies of map:
No.25 in E. Kay Farr list. BLML K.Top.18.71, BOL Gough Maps Liverpool 7, Liverpool RO Hf 912 1765 [EKF-L.25], Lancashire RO DDX/99/6 (anor copy at /7), Lancashire RO DDM 14/8; [Crosby Library M.500 may be this]; CUL Maps.aa.18.g.54 [1862: pub Thos Dawson]; CUL S300.b.93.25 [1936: in T.H. Bickerton, A medical history of Liverpool].
Industry:
chemicals, food/drink, glass, rope walk, furniture/pottery, textiles
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top right: large elevation of 'South front of the Exchange'.
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Weighing Machines.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
misc: Fold.
Cemeteries:
shown
Dedicee of map:
John Tarleton (mayor), Owen Brereton (recorder), Jonathan Blundell & Edward Parr (baliffs), Aldermen & Common Council, and merchants & tradesmen of Liverpool.
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
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