Lancashire-Liverpool-1795
CBTM:
19456
Map Date:
1795
Repository reference:
Liverpool RO Hf 912 1795; Lancashire RO SRL/E02
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 of Liverpool from a late accurate survey which includes all the additions & new erections to the year 1795.'
Comments on map:
The Liverpool RO copy is independent; the Lancashire RO copy faces the title page of A general and descriptive history of Liverpool, Liverpool: R. Phillips, and London: W. Richardson, 1795.
Scale:
1:5760
Map-maker:
J. Stuart, Chester [eng], R. Phillips, Castle St, Liverpool [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
39.2 x 31.2
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial)
Canals:
shown, basins/docks
Water transport infrastructure:
misc: Tobacco Warehouse, Line to which it is intended to extend the quays. Pictorial ships seem to indicate slipways.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals: [Fort with Magazine].
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, blind, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
No.37 in E. Kay Farr list. BL 290.g.42, Lancashire RO SRL/E02, Liverpool RO Hf 912 1795 [EKF-L.37]; as W. Harding [pb]: plan of Liverpool from late surveys, 7.25'' x 5.5'', no scale [1796], Liverpool RO P&SP:Maps [EKF-L.45]; CUL Maps.bbb.68.80.1 [1800: pub W. Harding].
Industry:
chemicals, engineering, food/drink, lime/cement, ship yards, oil/soap etc, uncertain, rope walk, textiles, timber, misc: Coal Yards.
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Symbolic elements:
Liver bird: without surround, over title.
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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