Lancashire-Liverpool-1785
CBTM:
18622
Map Date:
1.6.1785
Repository reference:
Manchester Central Library ff.912.4272.L6, fol.8, TNA [PRO] MPH 1/351
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 the town & township of Liverpool, from an actual survey, taken in the year 1785 by Chas Eyes'.
Scale:
1:4752
Map-maker:
Charles Eyes, Liverpool [sv, pb], Thos Conder [eng], J. Johnson, St Pauls Churchyard, London [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
85.9 x 53.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial)
Canals:
shown, wharf
Water transport infrastructure:
docks
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: [Fort].
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 3200 (19), Lancashire RO DX 1933, Liverpool RO Hf 912 1785 [also with Lewis's Directory for 1790: 1892 facsimile, also BL N.R.23.h.15] [EKF-L.34] [EKF-L.35]; Rolled Plan 63 ('very poor condition'); Birkenhead/Williamson [on wall in ceramics gallery]; TNA [PRO] MR 1/1438 (WO 78/2645) [damaged on r.h. side], MPH 1/351 [ex Board of Ordnance copy] [1785]; BLML Maps 3200(3), BLML K.Top.18.74, CUL Maps.c.68.79.1 [1790, 22.5 x 16.5'']; Liverpool RO Hf 912 1790 [EKF-L.36]; Chetham Map box in 'C' press in library in brown paper folders, H3; [1796] Crosby Library M.291, RD (reduced photo); Crosby Library M.506, UC [mic C19 reissue]; Liverpool RO Hf 912 1796 [1796] [EKF-L.39]; Liverpool RO Hf 912 1796 [EKF-L.40].
Industry:
salt, rope walk, textiles, misc: Coal Yard; [Silk House].
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc
Magnetic data:
diagram
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown incompletely: [All unbuilt-on fields: for location purposes].
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
pictorial 'realistic': Cartouche is propped against tree, with sitting man pointing out text to standing ditto, with Liverpool waterfront in the background: seen from the Cheshire side. [This is omitted from the 1790 and 1796 versions.]
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Temple Bar.
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
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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