Lancashire-Liverpool-1799
CBTM:
19476
Map Date:
? 1799
Repository reference:
Liverpool RO P & SP: Maps.
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:
[Record made under awkward circumstances, as the map was temporarily in a display case.] Made for J. Housman, A topographical description of Cumberland, 1800.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
Jas Lower [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
25.0 x 19.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, misc: Tobacco Warehouse.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: [Fort].
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, infirmaries, mental, workhouses
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
No.44 in E. Kay Farr list. BL 290.I.33, BOL Gough Cumberland 8, Liverpool RO P&SP:Maps [EKF-L.44].
Industry:
food/drink, ship yards, oil/soap etc, rope walk, timber: [Ship on shore presumably denotes slipway].
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
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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