Lancashire-Liverpool-1803
CBTM:
19265
Map Date:
1803
Repository reference:
Manchester Central Library LS, ff.912.4272, fol.10
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 borough of Liverpool showing every house R. Horwood 1803'.
Comments on map:
The bottom right sheet has a List of Subscribers. The lack of certain types of description on the main map, e.g. schools and non-Anglican churches, is striking.
Scale:
1:2376
Map-maker:
Richard Horwood, Liverpool [sv, pb], S.I. Neele, 352 Strand, London [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
54.2-54.5 x 65.5-65.7 [109 x 195 when joined together].
Number of parts:
6
Road names:
generally
Building names:
house numbers
Buildings:
shown, stables/coach houses, public buildings emphasised: Curcus Tables, a few other peripheral stables.
Mills:
windmills, watermills: [Water is Tide Mill].
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, misc: Named, with locks; Tobacco Warehouse, Intended Bason.
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only: Others are emphasised but undescribed buildings.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: [Fort].
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools: Very few shown.
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough
Known copies of map:
EKF-L.46: BLML K.Top.18.75.i, CUL Maps.a.68.80.1, Crosby Library M.505ab, UC, Lancashire RO DDX/99/13, Liverpool RO Hf 912 1803 [EKF-L.46], Rolled Plan 90, Merseyside Museum Draw Z/F3.
Industry:
engineering, food/drink, metallurgical processing, ship yards, oil/soap etc, rope walk, furniture/pottery, textiles, timber, misc: Slitting Mill, Coal Yards, Cooperage.
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
Parkland:
botanic gardens
Landowners and occupiers:
industrial owners, owners shown incompletely: [Most peripheral fields, and many industrial premises].
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
pictorial 'realistic': A sailor kneeling on a bale looks over his shoulder to left of title; above the title is an imperious-looking bird with trees behind; bales, barrel and anchor to right of title.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
On bottom right sheet: 'A plan of Liverpool, as it was in the year 1725', 1:4752, 20.7 x 26.6 cm.
Borders:
decorative
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Symbolic elements:
Symbols of industry: in title.
Dedicee of map:
The worshipful the mayor, bayliffs & common council of Liverpool.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
some inns, coffee houses: [Peripheral Coffee Houses].
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
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
You can download the pdf version of this map
here