Lancashire-Liverpool-1797
CBTM:
19457
Map Date:
1.2.1797
Repository reference:
Liverpool RO Hf 912 1797
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:
'Map of Liverpool.'
Comments on map:
Top centre: 'Engraved for the Liverpool Guide.' [W. Moss, The Liverpool Guide (Crane & Jones, 1796).] Looks like downmarket version of Exeter 19456 (itself hardly upmarket), but includes indications of ferries to Seacome and Woodside [sic].
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
William Jones, Castle St [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
26.0 x 21.8
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
misc: Ship on shore may denote slipway; Tobacco Warehouse.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: [Fort].
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, infirmaries, mental, workhouses
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
No.42 in E. Kay Farr list. BOL Vet.A5 e.5132, Liverpool RO Hf 912 1797, [TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/132: missing 10:1:07] [EKF-L.42] [1797]; BOL Gough Lancs 8 [1797: in ed 2]; BL 291.e.43 [1801: ed 4]; BOL G.A.Lancs 8o 1066 [1974: Liverpool Public Relations Office].
Industry:
chemicals, food/drink, lime/cement, oil/soap etc, rope walk, textiles, warehousing, timber, misc: Coal Yards.
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Ferries:
ferry
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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