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Lancashire-Liverpool-1795

CBTM:
19201
Map Date:
4.6.1795
Repository reference:
Manchester Central Library
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.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from edition reissued by New York: Augustus M. Kelley and Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1968. In J. Aiken, A description of the country from thirty to forty miles round Manchester, London: John Stockdale, 1795, f.p.331. Scale measured as 1 inch to 340 yds.
Scale:
1:12,240
Map-maker:
Palmer, Store St [eng], J. Stockdale, Piccadilly, and J. Gore Liverpool [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
22.3 x 18.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown, basins/docks
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, misc: Tobacco Warehouse.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: [Fort].
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
BL 578.i.29, BOL Gough Lancs 14, Art II 133, CUL Ll.11.42, SSS.8.9, Liverpool RO Hf 912 1795, Manchester Central Library 'S' [EKF-L.38]; BOL G8/C17.43 [1968: David & Charles].
Industry:
salt, food/drink, rope walk, textiles, timber, misc: Coal Yards.
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
Waterbodies:
shown
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
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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